SEXUAL DISTURBANCES AMONG CHRONIC AMPHETAMINE USERS

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The sexual behavior and attitudes of 14 unmarried male and 11 unmarried female amphetamine users, age 16 to 28, were assessed by, means of interview and compared with a matched sample of characterologically disturbed non-drug users. Various differences were found. All but 2 amphetamine users had had explicit sexual experiences including intercourse, compared with 16 of the 25 of the matched sample. Non-drug users, as a group, tended to be more idealistic and traditional in their sexual behavior and values than amphetamine users. Among amphetamine users, both males and females tended toward promiscuity, with males espousing positive feelings about sex and females showing either apathy or antipathy. In terms of overall sexual satisfaction, both male and female amphetamine users were more dissatisfied than the psychiatric control group, but differed as to the nature of their dissatisfaction. The information fails to support the contention that chronic amphetamine use is either sexually substitutive or contributes directly to sexual disturbance. Rather, both drug use and sexual pathology seem to result from common, yet unidentified, personality variables.

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