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Article: Condom use may still be gamble, experts report.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 14, 2001
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In the two decades since the AIDS epidemic became a fact of life, condoms have emerged from the hidden place in men's wallets.
Parents now talk to their children about using condoms to avoid getting AIDS. Sex educators give them away freely. Drugstores sell them openly. And condoms are even being advertised on TV nowadays.
"Most young people clearly recognize that condoms provide protection from HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases," notes the Kaiser Family Foundation in a recent report on condom use among sexually active young people.
But the ease with which condoms have become an integral part of American ...