Excerpt one: - Ordinary Sex - Sex with Stimulant Drugs - Sex with Cannabis Drugs - Sex with LSD or other Psychedelics Excerpt two: Effects of Street Drugs on Male Sexual Function - Alcohol - Dissociative Anesthetics (PCP) - Opiates and Opioids (heroine, morphine...) - Stimulants (cocaine, amphetamine...) - Psychedelics (LSD, MDMA, MDA) - Nitrous Oxide - Tobacco - Volatile Nitrites - Marijuana - Sedative Hypnotics (barbiturates...) --- Excerpt adapted from: *Sex & Drugs: A Journey Beyond Limits*, by Robert Anton Wilson: ORDINARY SEX - Usually brief-- 1 1/2 minute (Kinsey's average!) to 1/2 hour - Experienced as brief - Centered in genitals - Orgasm may be disappointing ("the sneeze in the loins," "the momentary trick" etc.) - If orgasm is missing: immediate sense of frustration - Usually some deliberate fantasy - May be performed with some hostility SEX WITH STIMULANT DRUGS - Usually brief-- 1 1/2 minutes to 1/2 hour - Experienced as longer than clock time - Centered in genitals - Orgasm experienced as total ecstasy - If orgasm is missing, sense of frustration not inevitable - Some spontaneous hallucinations - May be performed with some hostility SEX WITH CANNABIS DRUGS - Longer-- 45 minutes to 2 hours - Experienced as longer than clock time - Moving toward decentralized all-over-at once sensations - Orgasm experienced as total ecstasy; sometimes with momentary loss of ego - Sex without orgasm sometimes perfectly satisfactory - Reality/hallucinations not clearly seperable - In case of any hostility, act becomes *impossible* SEX WITH LSD OR OTHER PSYCHEDELICS - Much longer-- 2 to 3 hours - Experienced as longer than clock time - All-over-at-once (Freud's "poly-morphous perverse") - Orgasm as oceanic non-ego experience - Sex without orgasm sometimes perfectly satisfactory - Reality/hallucinations not clearly seperable - In case of any hostility, act becomes *impossible* Even this is, needless to say, an oversimplification. Some people evidently experience LSD-style sex without any drugs at all (see *Lady Chatterley's Lover* or *For Whom the Bell Tolls*); others have ordinary-type sex even when on LSD; some will have all the desiderata listed under "cannabis" while one cannabis, but others will have only one or two of these experiences; and so forth. Most important of all, it should be emphasized that *the usual pattern when one first attempts sex with LSD and psychedelics, or even with heavy doses of cannabis drugs, is some form or other of sexual dysfunction* ("impotence" or "frigidity"). One is being inundated by an ocean of new information (the nervous system is "noisy," in Dr. Lilly's terminology) and one has to *learn* to navigate. --- Excerpt adapted from *The New Male Sexuality* by Bernie Zilbergeld: EFFECTS OF STREET DRUGS ON MALE SEXUAL FUNCTION ALCOHOL Acute, Low-dose Increased desire Delayed ejaculation Decreased tumescence Acute, High-dose Erection problems Delayed ejaculation Deceased orgasmic intensity Chronic Decreased drive Erection problems Ejaculation problems Withdrawal Decreased desire Erection problems; fewer nocturnal erections Recovery Return of normal sexual desire and erections for most, but damage to erections and sex drive may be permanent in some cases of severe alcoholism DISSOCIATIVE ANESTHETICS (PCP) Acute, Low-dose Sexual enhancement Acute, High-dose Erection problems Ejaculation problems Decreased orgasm intensity Chronic Erection problems Ejaculation problems Decreased orgasm intensity Withdrawal Depression Decreased desire Recovery No information OPIATES AND OPIOIDS (e.g. heroin, morphine, methadone) Acute, Low-dose Orgasmlike subjective effects Acute, High-dose Erection problems Ejaculation problems Pharmacogenic orgarm Chronic Decreased desire Erection problems Ejaculation problems Withdrawal Increased nocturnal emissions, morning erections, and sex dreams Recovery Return to normal sexual functioning STIMULANTS (e.g. cocaine, amphtetamine, methamphetamine) Acute, Low-dose Increased desire Delayed ejaculation Acute, High-dose Increased desire Delayed or total ejaculatory inhibition Erection problems Chronic Dose-driven desire Erection problems Ejaculation problems Withdrawal Decreased desire Increased erectile ability Recovery Return to normal sexual functioning PSYCHEDELICS (LSD, MDMA, MDA) Acute, Low-dose Increased intimacy Heightened genital responsiveness Delayed ejaculation Acute, High-dose Ejaculation problems Chronic No Information Withdrawal No Information Recovery No Information NITROUS OXIDE Acute, Low-dose Increased arousal Increased orgasm intensity Acute, High-dose No Information Probable decreased sexual function due to anesthesia Chronic Erection problems due to myeloneuropathy Withdrawal No immediate improvement in erectile function Recovery Erection problems slowly reversed TOBACCO Acute, Low-dose Possible decreased erection (Greater with increased age and diabetes) Acute, High-dose Erection Problems Chronic Dose-driven erection problems Withdrawal Possible return to baseline function, but erection problems may be irreversible with long-term use. Recovery Possible return to baseline function, but erection problems may be irreversible with long-term use. VOLATILE NITRITES Acute, Low-dose Increased desire Enhanced perception of orgasm Facilitated anal sex Erection problems Acute, High-dose Increased desire Erection problems Chronic No repeated chronic negative effects Withdrawal None reported Recovery None reported MARIJUANA Acute, Low-dose Increased desire Increased sensuality Delayed ejaculation Acute, High-dose Decreased desire Erection problems Anorgasmia Chronic Dose-dependent increased/decreased desire Delayed ejaculation Erection problems Anorgasmia Withdrawal Return to preexisting function (May include sexual boredom and premature ejaculation) Recovery Return to normal sexual functioning SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS (e.g. benzodiazephines, methaqualone, barbiturates) Acute, Low-dose Enhanced arousal Decreased anxiety Delayed ejaculation Acute, High-dose Enhanced arousal Erection problems Anorgasmia Chronic Decreased desire Erection problems Ejaculation problems Withdrawal Return to preexisting function Recovery Return to preexisting function