THIS IS NATIONAL CONDOM MONTH…AND THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS GETTING CREATIVE IN PROMOTING THAT FACT. IT’S USING A PICTURE OF A RED CHILE PEPPER WEARING A CONDOM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DEPARTMENT’S DAVID MORGAN SAYS THE MOVE COMES AS NEW MEXICO CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH HIGH RATES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, LIKE GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIA, WHICH ARE HIGH IN NEW MEXICO.
MORGAN SAYS CONDOMS CAN ALSO REDUCE THE RATES OF TEEN BIRTHS…ANOTHER PROBLEM IN NEW MEXICO. DESPITE THE LIGHT-HEARTED APPROACH, MORGAN SAYS THE DEPARTMENT TAKES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND THE TEEN BIRTH RATE VERY SERIOUSLY.
