The District of Columbia officials approved the request of high school and college-age students and will offer bigger free condoms. The officials also chose to stock up on the Trojan condoms which included the company’s super-size Magnum variety. They have also authorized teachers or counselors preferably males to distribute condoms to students if the teachers have completed a 30-minute online training course called “WrapMC” – for Master of Condoms. Squalls, who attends at the University of the District of Columbia, said “If people get what they don’t want, they are just going to trash them. So why not spend a few extra dollars and get what people want?”
Health officials and consumer advocates believe that this is a good way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The officials changed the usual Durex to Trojans since Trojans are the better-known brand to persuade sexually active teens to practice safer sex. And since Trojans were perceived to be “thicker” than Durex which was viewed most likely to “pop or break”. Durex condoms will still be offered. The city mails up to 10 free condoms at a time to residents who request them online. The city is now offering ladies condom blitz. The free condoms are also available in more than a hundred locations that included youth centers, barber shops, and liquor stores.
Shannon Hader, director of the city’s HIV/AIDS administration, said “We want to support the regularization of condom use citywide. We are promoting this idea that using condoms is healthy… to try to destigmatize condom use, not only for kids, but for grown-ups.”
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