Monday, 6 February 2017

Study Affirms That Cocaine Makes Users More Likely To Risk Unsafe Sex

Study Affirms That Cocaine Makes Users More Likely To Risk Unsafe Sex

Cocaine use has long been tied anecdotally to higher-than-usual rates of impulsive behavior, including risky sex, but the tie-in has been difficult to study with any scientifically controlled rigor. Now, in a government-funded study for which Johns Hopkins investigators recruited a small number of otherwise healthy regular cocaine users through advertisements and word of mouth, results point to “impatience” as a clear barrier to condom use in those who are sexually aroused because of the drug.

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