Free condoms a hot ticket among soldiers !!!!!

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/
June 12, 2006 Author: CBC News




The number of taxpayer-funded condoms handed out to Canadian soldiers is on the rise again after an unexplained low four years ago.

Soldiers at home and abroad snapped up 306,522 condoms from January 2005 to March 2006, said the Canadian Press, citing figures obtained under the Access to Information Act.

Canadian Forces members are supplied with free condoms, paid for by the government and handed out through military dispensaries.

A practice that dates back to the First World War, free condoms help defray medical costs by preventing soldiers from getting sexually transmitted diseases, the military says.

In 1999, soldiers used 295,200 military condoms. But in 2002, the number dipped to 25,355 condoms.

Military officials had no explanation for the extreme drop in demand.

While demand for condoms is back on the rise, the cost per prophylactic has dropped.

In 1999, Ottawa spent $100,000 on condoms, at a cost of 30 cents each. In the past two years, the cost per condom has dropped to 13 cents.

While sex between the 2,300 soldiers is forbidden on the Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, the military does supply condoms there. Officials wouldn't speculate what the condoms were being used for, said the report.

There are roughly 62,000 Canadian Forces members, including administrative and support personnel. In addition, there are about 22,000 reservists.

Department of National Defence condom purchases:
1998: 219,312 condoms. Cost: $59,168
1999: 295,200 condoms. Cost: $100,483
2000: 158,991 condoms. Cost: $52,621
2001: 84,684 condoms. Cost: $28,438
2002: 25,355 condoms. Cost: $5,324
2003: 173,769 condoms. Cost: $24,958
2004: 285,751 condoms. Cost: $41,113
2005-March 2006: 306,522 condoms. Cost: $39,541

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Danny
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