Thus, they are an easy target for sexually transmitted diseases that can leave lifelong repercussions. A medical caravan collected samples from over 100 participants at a festival. A few hours later, many of the young people learned that they needed to see a doctor urgently.

In any context involving the idea of freedom—especially sexual freedom—combined with alcohol and substance use, the incidence of hepatitis and venereal diseases increases.

Doctors remind us that treatments exist but must be started at the first signs of disease. Which, typically, patients hide out of shame. Nearly a hundred volunteers provided urine samples at a caravan that arrived at a music festival.

To ensure quick processing, the samples were transported by drones. They were immediately sent to the lab and tested for 8 strains of sexually transmitted pathogens, including gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas and ureaplasma—all of which cause significant discomfort and seriously affect fertility. Within a few hours, participants received their results, and some were advised to go directly to an infectious diseases specialist because the percentage of positive samples was alarming.

Dr. Lucia Feticu, Chief Laboratory Physician: "It is very important to treat these infections! Due to not knowing that they have this disease, they can spread it to many other people, where it can also develop long-term, with serious complications".

A complete set of tests for transmissible diseases costs between 300 and 500 lei. However, starting July 1, the Romanian state offers free testing and treatment for uninsured patients suspected of viral hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, cancer and other chronic diseases. The funds are unlimited and separate from the health insurance budget. They come directly from the state budget.

Valeria Herdea, President of the National Health Insurance House (C.N.A.S.): "The risk of spreading these diseases is major. I don’t think we want... I don’t think we want Romania to be filled with such cases. We have sex workers. We have more and more young people... You’ve seen what happens at large concerts where there is clearly not enough control. We have entire neighborhoods in Bucharest where syringes are scattered everywhere. We have sex workers on Mihai Bravu; we all see them".

Behind the recklessness with which teenagers begin their sexual lives—without means to protect themselves from diseases and unwanted pregnancies—lies the negligence of adults responsible for prevention. In many schools, sexuality is a taboo subject.

Currently, reproductive lessons in middle and high school curricula are hidden in a chapter on health education. Due to shame or ignorance, most school principals refuse courses taught by volunteers from various associations.