Under the tab “Mail Me Condoms!” the city offers links to “how to use a condom correctly,” places in Philadelphia to buy condoms, and the option to get the male contraceptive for free. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has launched a website that allows youths to order free condoms online.
But the city’s new campaign – offer free condoms to teens as young as 11 – to combat the problem is raising eyebrows. Philadelphia has a disturbing problem on its hands – it has the highest rate of sexually active teens in the country and the fifth highest HIV/AIDS rate for the age group.
