ORIGINAL RESEARCH-MEN'S SEXUAL HEALTH: Sexual Dysfunction Prior to First Drug Use Among Former Drug Addicts and Its Possible Causal Meaning on Drug Addiction: Preliminary Results

Users of illicit drugs report a high prevalence of sexual disorders prior to FDU. A large percentage claimed that sexual dysfunction influenced their decision to start taking drugs. The higher the severity of the sexual disorders, the higher the percentage of those claiming that sexual dysfunction had influenced their decision. In our opinion, these data highlight a possible new strategy in the primary prevention of substance abuse in which sexual education and early treatment of sexual disorders, among adolescents, may prevent them from FDU. La Pera G, Carderi A, Marianantoni Z, Peris F, Lentini M, and Taggi F. Sexual dysfunction prior to first drug use among former drug addicts and its possible causal meaning on drug addiction: Preliminary results.