How can drugs or alcohol affect safer sex practices?
It’s important to think about activities that can increase sexual risk. Using drugs and alcohol can increase sexual risk because:
- drugs and alcohol can affect decision-making
- people who have sex while using alcohol or drugs are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviours
- people may forget to use their birth control method or not use it correctly (e.g., forget to take their birth control pill, not use a condom)
