Research shows that about 4% of current AIDS$ cases are ages 21 to 24 and 16% are 25 to 29. Since the average lag time is 10 years between HIV infecâ€" tion and the onset of AIDS that means that an incredible 20% of current AIDS cases were contracted in the teenage years. And every year there is a brand new group of teenagers, a group that is becoming sexually active and needs to learn the lessons of AIDS prevention. Sexually active teens play Russian Roulette with AIDS ith their penchant for riskâ€"taking, experimentâ€" ing, sensationâ€"seeking, teenagers are a ticking time bomb in the AIDS epidemic. Adolescents see themselves as invulnerâ€" able, and this drives all kinds of behavâ€" iors from speeding to unprotected sex. In the past 5 to 10 years, teenagers have been inundated with information about AIDS and they have become quite aware. The truly shocking data, howevâ€" er, is that AWARENESS ISN‘T ENOUGH! 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