Cocaine Users Less Likely to Wait for Condom to Have Sex with Strangers, New Study Finds

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A new study published by Dr. Matthew Johnson aims to determine the effect of cocaine in relation to having casual sex. The result of the study confirms that cocaine users are less likely to wait for condom and more likely disregard safety concerns with regards to having sex with strangers.

According to the Daily Mail, Dr. Matthew Johnson of John Hopkins University performed the experiment by providing a small number of participants a placebo, a 125 milligram pill or a 250 milligram pill of cocaine. The result of the study confirms that cocaine can increase the sexual desire of the user which makes them more impatient with respect to waiting for sex.

Due to this increased impatience, the research team concluded that using cocaine increases the chance of the user in partaking in risky sex. "If a condom isn't available, cocaine makes people less willing to postpone sex to get a condom," Johnson said.

According to a report from the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), a new research published in the journal "Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging," supports the long-time theory that using cocaine increases the tendency of users in taking risks. The popular drug increases the user's sensitivity to a loss in correlation with a large decrease in a part of the brain which processes rewards.

That said, the result of the study performed by Dr. Johnson and his team supports the finding that addicts are more likely to carry STI. In the experiment performed by Dr. Johnson, the participants were shown 60 pictures of different people and then they were asked to select which ones they would be willing to have casual sex with.

Out of the 60 images, the participants were also asked to select which people they think are carriers of STI. The participants were also asked to rate their likelihood of using a condom and how long they were willing to wait for sex.

The study shows that most of the participants are willing to use a condom if it was available. However, the longer the participants had to wait for a condom, the higher the chance that they'll just have sex without it.

The participants were also tasked to rate the likelihood of using a condom if there's a risk of catching STI. The study suggests that the participants were more likely to have casual sex without a condom with people in the group they pegged to be STI carriers.

This study concludes that regardless of the cocaine dosage, the tendency for users to engage in risky activities increases no matter what the stimulant is. The drug makes its users impatient, thus most of them will forgo using protection in an effort to get into bed and get on with sex.