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Evidence has been increasing that drugs of abuse alter sexual motivation, arousal, and performance. Drugs use also has been linked to an increase in high risk sexual behaviors such as increased sexual activity, multiple sex partners, and unprotected sex. This presentation will review the findings of the effect of drugs of abuse on sexual motivation and performance in humans and nonhuman animals, including those from a laboratory with an avian species. In particular, the effects of commonly abused drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine will be discussed. The presentation also will include data on the effects of drugs of abuse on a risk-taking model recently developed in a laboratory. Finally, potential brain areas where drugs of abuse may be exerting their effect on sexual behavior will be discussed.
Review Chana K. Akins’s biographical statement.