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Birth control allows us to prevent pregnancy and plan the timing of pregnancy

Unwanted sexual encounters and unsafe sex are rife among drinkers and drug users, a survey has found. Nearly one in four of the 6605 Australian respondents to the Global Drug Survey said they had been taken advantage of sexually because they were vulnerable after consuming drugs or alcohol.

SYDNEY punched and brawled its way through another two nights of alcohol-fuelled stupidity this weekend. No one was immune - tourists, locals, even women - were punched and kicked on the city's streets. They all ended up in the emergency ward of St Vincent's Hospital, the front line of treating victims of the violence that mars our streets after dark at the weekend.

Youthsafe preventing serious injury to young people

Youthsafe preventing serious injury to young people

ƒRoad injury is the main cause of unintentional death and hospitalisation among young people. About three quarters of all preventable deaths among 15-19 year olds are due to transport injury (RTA, 2003).

ƒRoad injury is the main cause of unintentional death and hospitalisation among young people. About three quarters of all preventable deaths among 15-19 year olds are due to transport injury (RTA, 2003).