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I Had a Helicopter Mom. I Found Pornhub Anyway.

I was ten years old when I watched porn for the first time. I found myself on Pornhub, which I stumbled across by accident and returned to…

Fight the New DrugMay 19, 2026

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FBI Warning: Sextortion Scams Targeting Teens Are Rising

The FBI recently warned parents about rising sextortion scams targeting kids and teens. Learn the tactics predators use, the latest statistics, and how to protect young people…

Fight the New DrugMarch 12, 2026

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What to Do When Your Child Sees Porn: Preparing Kids for Real-Life Situations

Porn exposure is now a common part of kids’ online lives. Discover practical, research-backed tips to help kids know what to say, what to do, and how…

Fight the New DrugDecember 27, 2025

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20 Stats About the Porn Industry and its Underage Consumers

It's no secret that porn has become mainstream entertainment in our society. But just how popular is it? And who, exactly, is watching?

Fight the New DrugDecember 3, 2025

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What Parents Need to Know About OnlyFans

Disguised as a social media platform, OnlyFans is an adult content platform that has kids both accessing and creating CSMA or 'child pornography'.

Fight the New DrugOctober 27, 2025

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15 Ways Porn is Connected to Real Sexual Violence

Not all porn features violence, but even non-violent porn is associated with negative effects like increased sexual aggression.

Fight the New DrugJuly 14, 2025

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How Many Students Watch Porn at School?

When it comes to evaluating schools, many safety concerns are involved, but do schools realize that students are being exposed to or consuming pornography while at school?

Fight the New DrugJuly 12, 2025

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How Porn Grooms Children to Accept Violence and Abuse in Relationships

Kids, in unprecedented numbers, are watching extremely violent porn. This is how porn grooms children to accept abuse in relationships.

Fight the New DrugJune 14, 2025

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Why Financial Sextortion Is Targeting Teens and Spreading Fast

Financial sextortion is the fastest-growing cybercrime against youth in the U.S., and predators are specifically targeting teen boys. Learn how this blackmail scam works, how it's tied…

May 27, 2025

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When “Harmless” Content Isn’t Harmless at All

OnlyFans influencers are blurring the line between innocent and explicit content, using viral trends to pull in young followers. Learn how this growing tactic impacts kids and…

May 7, 2025

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Likes, Lies, and Lost Childhoods

What happens when childhood is exchanged for clicks? A disturbing investigation uncovers how social media fame can open the door to grooming, exploitation, and abuse. All fueled…

elisabethMay 3, 2025

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Should Teens Be Taught How to “Responsibly Consume” Porn?

Porn literacy curriculum may be well-intended, but it ultimately neglects decades of studies that have demonstrated porn's real negative impacts.

Fight the New DrugApril 7, 2025

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For Parents & Caregivers: How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn

Chances are, your child will encounter porn while living in your care. So how can you help them understand porn’s potential harms? Talk to them.

Fight the New DrugFebruary 24, 2025

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How Often is Sexting Happening in Schools?

Sexting is becoming more common among youth. In fact, 34% of 13-17-year-olds said they thought it was "normal" for kids to share their own nudes.

Fight the New DrugOctober 9, 2024

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Spanish Resources that Educate on the Harmful Effects of Pornography

As a global movement, we are working to provide resources in other languages. For Spanish materials that educate on porn's harms, check out these resources.

Fight the New DrugSeptember 19, 2024

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How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress

When a person is suffering from an addiction or compulsion, their stress response and their addiction can become intertwined in unhealthy ways, thus creating an unhealthy coping…

Fight the New DrugMay 26, 2024

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How Porn Can Affect the Brain Like a Drug

A deeper look into how the brain works reveals that addictions to harmful substances like tobacco have striking similarities to porn compulsion, including impaired decision-making.

Fight the New DrugMay 8, 2024

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How Porn Can Become an Escalating Behavior

Research indicates that porn consumers can become desensitized to porn, often needing to consume more porn, more extreme forms of porn, or consume porn more often in…

Fight the New DrugMay 20, 2024

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How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex

Most young people are getting at least some of their education about sex from porn, whether they mean to or not. This is especially concerning, considering how…

Fight the New DrugAugust 18, 2024

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How Porn Can Change the Brain

Because of neuroplasticity, our brains constantly change in healthy ways that help us learn and complete tasks more efficiently. Yet, supernormal stimuli such as porn can trigger…

Fight the New DrugAugust 30, 2024

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How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

Ironically, despite porn’s promise of improving consumers’ sex lives, there is growing evidence that porn consumption is linked to sexual dysfunction and less sexual satisfaction.

Fight the New DrugMay 13, 2021

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Why Porn Can Be Difficult to Quit

When it comes to the topic of porn, one of the most common questions is whether or not it can actually be addictive. According to many addiction…

Fight the New DrugMay 14, 2024

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How Porn Can Hurt a Consumer’s Partner

For people whose partners consume porn, feelings of rejection, mistrust, anger, and shame are unfortunately common.

Fight the New DrugMay 14, 2021

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How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking shares a variety of symbiotic connections to pornography. Even in the production of mainstream porn, sex trafficking can still occur—and it happens more often than…

Fight the New DrugJanuary 21, 2024

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How the Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content and Abuse

In the porn industry, there is virtually no way to guarantee that any piece of pornographic content is truly consensual, ethical, or even legal.

Fight the New DrugAugust 24, 2024

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I Had a Helicopter Mom. I Found Pornhub Anyway.

FBI Warning: Sextortion Scams Targeting Teens Are Rising

What to Do When Your Child Sees Porn: Preparing Kids for Real-Life Situations

20 Stats About the Porn Industry and its Underage Consumers

What Parents Need to Know About OnlyFans

15 Ways Porn is Connected to Real Sexual Violence

How Many Students Watch Porn at School?

How Porn Grooms Children to Accept Violence and Abuse in Relationships

Why Financial Sextortion Is Targeting Teens and Spreading Fast

When “Harmless” Content Isn’t Harmless at All

Likes, Lies, and Lost Childhoods

Should Teens Be Taught How to “Responsibly Consume” Porn?

For Parents & Caregivers: How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn

How Often is Sexting Happening in Schools?

Spanish Resources that Educate on the Harmful Effects of Pornography

Core Articles

How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress

How Porn Can Affect the Brain Like a Drug

How Porn Can Become an Escalating Behavior

How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex

How Porn Can Change the Brain

How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

Why Porn Can Be Difficult to Quit

How Porn Can Hurt a Consumer’s Partner

How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

How the Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content and Abuse

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