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In the spring of 1996, as Atlanta prepared to host the Summer Olympic Games, an outbreak of syphilis struck a group of teenagers in the prosperous bedroom community of Conyers, Georgia. When epidemiologists interviewed the victims, they were shocked by what they heard: Children as young as fourteen named scores of sexual partners, while others told of all-night orgies and sex parties. Many of the children defied stereotype, coming from intact families with economic advantages. FRONTLINE uncovers the roots of the Conyers syphilis epidemic and reveals a community struggling with teenage drug use, sex, aimlessness and cynicism.
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