Sexual Health

Effects of
Drugs & Alcohol

Alcohol

Alcohol you will find make people want to have sex, but to much can cause "whiskey dick" preventing you from being able to perform the act.

Moderation is the key, in small amounts you will find alcohol tends to reduce inhibitions and increase sexual desire. Although small amounts of alcohol may increase sexual excitement, it does not necessarily increase sexual arousal. Even in small doses alcohol causes men’s erections to be less firm.

Excessive consumption of alcohol will reduce sexual arousal for both men and women alike. In men, it can even cause short term impotence (the before mentioned whiskey dick) while long-term use of alcohol also reduces testosterone levels and increases estrogen levels making it harder to get an erection. Additionally, alcohol can affect the nerves of the penis, causing neurogenic impotence.

In women alcohol can cause vaginal dryness by causing the body to send less blood to the genital region. In moderate or large quantities, alcohol can make orgasm difficult to achieve for women, just as it can for men.

Hormonal changes caused by long-term alcohol use can cause a reduction in libido, in addition to causing impotence. Using alcohol in combination with other depressants can amplify this effect.

Amyl Nitrate and Butyl Nitrate (Poppers)

Poppers are often used as sexual enhancers, because they cause a feeling of heat and excitement which some feel makes sex more enjoyable. Although they can be legally purchased, poppers can increase the risk of heart failure.

 

 

 

Amphetamines

Just like alcohol, amphetamines, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy), will make your horney, but tend to take away your ability to do the deed. Many men in fact find that amphetamines make achieving and maintaining an erection very difficult.

Cocaine

Cocaine is both a stimulant and irritant, this can cause erectile dysfunction, painful erections and other issues such as difficulty maintaining an erection or ejaculating and many find this frustrating.

In small doses, cocaine will cause excitement and euphoria, which the user may interpret as sexual excitement. However, continued use will lower your libido, and because cocaine is addictive your desire for cocaine will eventually overtake your desire for sex.

Heroin

Heroin tends to reduce sexual responses in both men and women. Men will have more difficulty maintaining an erections and achieving orgasm, while women on heroin will produce less vaginal juices making them feel "dry" making it hard for them to orgasm as well.

GHB

GHB is a very dangerous drug that you can overdose on very easily and is often used for date rape. The assaulter can secretly put the drug into the victim’s drink, and rape the victim when s/he is unconscious. Victims of this sort of date rape often do not later remember that they have been assaulted.

Nicotine

Nicotine can affect erectile tissue and the muscles involved in producing an erection, thus causing impotence. Men who smoke tobacco are twice as likely to be impotent as non-smoking men of the same age. Using nicotine in combination with cardiac drugs, antihypertensive medications or vasodilators drastically increases a man’s probability of complete impotence.

Marijuana

For the first half hour after consuming marijuana you will experiene body high or a mental high determined by the type of marijuana used. A mental high will make you feel euphoric and hyper while a body high will make you feel tired, calm, and relaxed. Even though it can give these two different feelings and even lower libido and sperm count, many people find sex under the influence of marijuana to be especially enjoyable.