The Canton Initiative

As a freshman at State University of New York I became aware of a shocking, and dangerous reality that was taking place not only on my own campus, but more than likely a majority of campus's around the US. This problem is that of the Campus health center charging college students horrendously high prices for STD testing. With more than 15 million new std cases every year in the US, and 12 million of those are youth and young adults (including college students), STD testing is not a situation to profit off of! I have begun an initiative to persue a federal regulation stating that State Universities would be required to provide their students with free STD testing! Testing is TO IMPORTANT! We CAN NOT use this as a industry or capitalization opportunity! NO AMOUNT of money should ever be enough to risk the lives and the well being of our nations future! The Canton Initiative will directly impact, if it is successful, millions of college students across the country!It starts at the local level of my college campus and the current students, whether they be non-taditional, traditional, new, transfer, or what ever, they will all benefit from the fact taht this initiative will work to reduce and/or eliminate the STD epidemic on the campus, and the pandemic on campuses across the country! All will benefit from the fact that this initiative will work to reduce and/or eliminate the STD epidemic on the campus, and the pandemic on campuses across the country!