Ignore the girl picture on the right, it doesn’t have anything to do with this post Anyway, ISIS-Inc, a San Fransisco-based company, offer a text messaging service for the young people, in San Fransisco of course. The information and advice are about sexual health, including STDs, birth control, pregnancy, HIV, and more. Targeted at young people aged 18-25, it is based on a successful program in London operated by the Brook Advisory Centres. To take advantake to this free service, simply send an SMS message to 917-957-4280 (Metro PCS users) and 36617 (all others), with a specific code, depend on the question or information you want to ask, followed by the text SEXINFO.

Sample code and the reply:

“D4″ to find out about HIV.

D4 SEXINFO: u can get HIV from sex, blood, or sharing needles w/someone infected free HIV tests Larkin 673-0911 x259 M-F 2-4:30 ; HipHop 337-4719 MTh 1-5

“E5″ if u need 2 talk now.

E5 SEXINFO: if ur feeling down, like the world sucks, like u wanna xcape ur life, call SF Suicide Prvntion 2 talk 781-0500 24/7 not just 4 suicide

PS: Picture above is taken from here.

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