Transcript Substance Use & Sexual Decision - Making

Substance Use and Sexual
Decision Making
Drinking…A Love Story
Is this a realistic story? Could this actually
happen?
 Thoughts? Any thing you would like to
share?
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Substance Use & Sexual
Decision - Making
Quick Facts
Did you know…
Teens who drink alcohol are seven times
more likely to have sexual intercourse than
those who don’t drink alcohol?
 Teens who use drugs are five times more
likely to have sexual intercourse than those
who don’t use drugs?
 In 66% of college sexual assault cases, the
survivor, the perpetrator, or both used
alcohol
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Making the Connection –
Team Challenge
Groups of two.
 This is a competition
 Questions will be asked one at a time.
 You will mark your partner’s answer on the
handout. For example: If I am partnered
with Bill, I will record Bill’s answers, and
he will record mine.
 The person with the most answers correct…
WINS!
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True or False?
Alcohol gives you energy.
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False. Alcohol is a depressant and therefore
slows down your ability to speak, think, and
move.
True or False?
Drinking alcohol makes you sexy.
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False. The more you drink, the less you
think, placing you at risk for STI’s/HIV or
unplanned pregnancy. Therefore, drinking
is not sexy at all.
True or False? Some people use
drugs and alcohol as an excuse to
engage in sexual activity.
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True. Some individuals consciously or
unconsciously use substances as an excuse
for sexual activity. Additionally, substances
are sometimes used as an excuse for sexual
violence or aggression.
True or false? Higher amounts of
alcohol (two or more drinks) can
help a man get and
keep erections.
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False. Alcohol, in larger doses, impairs a
man’s ability to obtain and maintain an
erection. Additionally, higher amounts of
alcohol decrease arousal and impair one’s
ability to ejaculate.
True or false? Larger amounts of
alcohol help women to reach
sexual arousal.
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False. Research indicates that in women,
ability to achieve orgasm, as well as sexual
arousal, decrease with increasing amounts
of alcohol.
True or false? In women, long-term
abuse of alcohol may cause
infertility (not being able to have children).
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True. Heavy and chronic drinking by
women can negatively impact reproduction
by: hindering ovulation; causing menstrual
irregularities; and causing early menopause.
True or False? If you have sex
with a person who was high on
drugs or had too much to drink, it
is considered sexual assault.
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True. Legally speaking, if a person is high
on drugs or had too much to drink, they
cannot consent to having sex. Therefore,
having sex with a drunk or high individual
is legally sexual assault.
True or False? 20% of teenagers,
ages 15-19 were under the
influence of alcohol or drugs when
they lost their virginity?
False. 43% of 1000 teens, 15-19 years old
surveyed in Ontario reported that they were
under the influence of alcohol or drugs
when they engaged in sex for the first time.
 Even more scary…23% of these teens
remember only parts of the experience due
to excess drug and alcohol use.
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True or False? Rohypnol, also
known as “Roofies” is
the most common “date rape”
drug out there.
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False. Alcohol is more closely linked to
crimes of sexual violence when compared
to any other drug.
True or False? The use of
marijuana by men may decrease
testosterone levels.
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True. Men who use marijuana have lower
testosterone levels. Additionally marijuana
use by men is also associated with lower
sperm motility (sperm movement) and
lower sperm count.
True or False? Teens who use
drugs and alcohol are less likely
to use condoms.
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True. Research indicates that teens who use
drugs and alcohol are somewhat less likely
to use condoms when compared to
nonusers. The bottom line is, teens are poor
condom users regardless of using alcohol
and drugs.
True or False? In men, long term
abuse of alcohol may cause
enlarged testicles.
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False. In men, chronic abuse of alcohol may
cause shrinking testicles. Other long term
effects are lower sperm count and
impotence (inability to obtain or maintain
an erection).
True or False?
Substance use is common when
violence occurs between
individuals involved in intimate
relationships.
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True. Roughly 75% of survivors reported
that they were victimized by an intimate
partner who was under the influence of
drugs or alcohol.
True or False? Ecstasy causes
stronger, prolonged erections and
more intense sexual arousal.
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False. Although ecstasy is labeled the
“Love Drug” and claims to improve
erections and orgasms, research indicates
that it prolongs erections, but feeling is lost
and orgasm/ejaculation is not achieved.