European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 6, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 7teen drinking aids overlap groups say experts warn of sex drug alcohol dangers by Cox news service Washington a teen agers must be made aware that drinking can increase their chances of getting aids a succession of social workers warned Friday. At a National symposium on the a triple threat facing 1990s kids a alcohol and other drugs sexual activity his infection a these experts said the problems Are intertwined and must be dealt with comprehensively. A we must recognize the Complete overlap in Root causes and solutions if we re Ever going to Stop youth from passing on death to each other a said Donna Pressma head of the children welfare league of americans task Force on youth and his or the human immunodeficiency virus. Press a said 40,000 american teenagers Are infected each year with his which causes aids. One fifth of All americans with aids Are in their 20s. Given the average 10-year lag Between infection and the Onset of symptoms most of these people probably were infected with his while Cert agers. There arc statistical stepping stones Between drinking and drug use and aids. Teen agers Are More Likely to have unplanned sex while their judgment is impaired by drugs or alcohol. His is most often passed during sexual activity. Lucille Perez associate director of the Center for substance abuse prevention in Washington d.c., said she had never dealt with a pregnant girl aged 17 or under who Hadnot been a a High on alcohol or other drugs when she had sex for the first time. Most sexually Active teen agers done to use condoms a which can reduce the transmission of his the speakers said. And even the ones who usually do practice this a safer sex Are less Likely to do so when intoxicated. The risks Are compounded because of the risk taking psyche and culture of to can Agurs Pyrcz said. For generations adolescence has been a period of rebellion and experimentation a time when kids feel immortal. A Only the ramifications Are much More serious now a said Perez speaking at the symposium co sponsored by the child welfare league and very special arts two nonprofit advocacy groups for the Young and the handicapped. The two Day conference features an assortment of speakers including Leanza Cornett miss America 1993, who offered insights into the a triple threat of alcohol and other drugs sexual activity and his  at a time when one in six to can Agurs has a sexually transmitted disease said Pressma Blunt talk is needed by the fourth Grade. She said kids must know that abstinence is the Best Way of avoiding aids but also that condoms can provide a degree of a safer sex for those who done to abstain. Eric Turner a spokesman for Sasha Bruce youth works in Washington d.c., offered an inside look at the problems. Quot i was one of those hard headed youths a he said adding that he is a Shiv infected now. A it lives inside of me but it does no to control me a he said. He said the Young people he knows done to use intravenously injected drugs a avoiding the aids risk of sharing Needles. But they do drink alcohol a everything from red Bull wine to Vodka a and smoke marijuana. And sex often comes afterwards. A in every area we re working in sex is sitting right in the Middle of it a said Billye Avery a visiting fellow at the Harvard school of Public health. Sex permeates the to can aged culture a from the models in seventeen Magazine to to shows like Beverly Hills 90210, she said. Its a subject parents and kids have to discuss frankly and frequently. Anti Gay Law spurs 2 mayors to urge Boycott of Colorado Denver apr the . Conference of mayors should move its annual meeting out of Colorado Springs to protest a Bill that restricts civil rights Protection for homosexuals the mayors of new York and Atlanta say. Denver mayor Wellington Webb plans to visit new York on tuesday to try to curb the protest. The Law known As amendment 2, was approved by Colorado voters in the nov. 3 general election. It repeals local anti Bias Laws that protected Gays from discrimination and bans any future local or state Law. New York mayor David Dinkins a would recommend to his colleagues that they consider not holding the event in Colorado Springs a and will stay away if the meeting is held there As planned his press Secretary Lee Jones said Friday. The conferences executive committee is to vote next month on the suggestion. The conference is expected to bring 1,200 people to Colorado next june. Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson whose City Council has prohibited City officials from going to Colorado because of the amendment wrote to conference officials two weeks ago to ask that the conference be moved. Last week filmmakers moved production of a television miniseries to Utah from the planned location of Colorado Springs because of amendment 2. Since the Bill a passage several groups have cancelled conference plans in the state including the National organization for women the National association of social workers and the american association of Law libraries. Also a Gay group on Friday issued a a travel advisory to homosexuals planning trips to Colorado saying a Adverse conditions exist now in the state. The advisory asks members to avoid Colorado until amendment 2 is repealed said William Waybourn executive director of the Washington based Gay and lesbian Victory fund a National political action committee. Custody Case is Doggone complicated anti racism protest members of human rights organizations demonstrate in front of the German consulate in new York on Friday. The groups gathered to protest what they called the German governments a a complicity with right Wing attacks on immigrants jews gypsies and refugees. St. Louis apr a judge in a divorce Case has awarded one dog to each partner but wants to make sure it does no to upset them a the dogs that is. Under an order handed Down this week by associate circuit judge Dennis j. Quillin the dogs will meet sunday at a parking lot for an eight hour get together. The next Day  visit a veterinarian for a Check up and a determination of the emotional effects if any of their separation. Carla and Tony Julius separated in november and Carla Julius sought a court order to keep the House and the dogs. A my dogs Are my children a she said. On monday Quillin awarded the couple joint custody and visitation rights to their dogs. For now each gets Possession of one dog six Days a week and each gets both dog every sunday for four hours. Julius had to suffer jokes at work about the canine custody Case but said it was apparently Worth it. A i  have gone through with this if i did no to really believe in it a he said. The judge Hasni to yet ruled on Possession of the  prisons chief quits because of illness Washington a Federal prisons director j. Michael Quinlan under investigation in a politically sensitive Case involving vice president Dan Quayle is resigning immediately because of ill health. Quinlan 51, in a letter of resignation to attorney general William Barr said he was quitting because of a continuing although not life threatening health  there was no Public explanation of the illness. Government sources said the staff at the Bureau of prisons was told that Quinlan head of the Agency since 1987, is seriously ill. Barr said Friday that Quinlan a successor is Kathleen Hawk 42, assistant director for program review in the prisons Bureau. She is a former Warden of a Federal prison in Butner n.c., and associate Warden at another in fort Worth Texas. Justice departments inspector general Richard Hankinson is looking into charges that before the 1988 election Quinlan muzzled a prisoner who was about to go Public with embarrassing allegations against candidate Quayle. Inmate Brett Kimberlin called a news conference four Days before the election to charge he sold marijuana to Quayle in the 1970s, an allegation Quayle denies. Quinlan cancelled the news conference and Kimberlin was placed in solitary confinement.2 to staffers charged in staged drinking party Bemidji Minn. A a television reporter and a cameraman who allegedly staged a party for a teen age drinking Story were charged Friday with furnishing alcohol to a minor. Reporter Kelly Nelson and cameraman Jim Talley both 23, Are accused of buying two cases of Beer and taking it to a Cabin near Bemidji in Northern Minnesota where they filmed teenagers drinking. They were suspended indefinitely thursday from Occo to of Alexandria. A needless to say providing alcohol to teen agers is illegal. Its wrong a station manager Ken Rees said Friday. The station broadcast an apology to the teens their parents and its viewers thursday night. Nelson and Talley each face one Gross Misdemeanour count in Beltrami county District court. The maximum penalty is one year in jail and a $3,000 Fine. No court Date has been set. According to the complaint Nelson and Talley asked a 17-year-old boy if they could film a party where underage drinking was taking place. The Legal drinking age in Minnesota is 21. Pc co aired the Story nov. 24 As part of a series on teen age drinking