Woah! You are super courageous to write such a piece and share your horrible teenage mistake. But it seems you have learned from your mistake and have been working to change your course ever since(something many find hard to do).

Even though your farce backfired in a very negative unexpected way, it seems that it brought awareness to a critical issue nonetheless. Unthinkable we still are dealing with these same horrendous realities over thirty years later.