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15 Research-Packed Articles Illustrating Porn’s Harms

Why Porn Can Be Difficult To Quit

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How Porn Can Negatively Impact Love And Intimacy

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How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

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How Porn Can Become An Escalating Behavior

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How Porn Can Hurt A Consumer’s Partner

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How The Porn Industry Profits From Nonconsensual Content And Abuse

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How Porn Can Change The Brain

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How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

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How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

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How Porn Can Affect The Brain Like A Drug

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How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

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Why Today’s Internet Porn Is Unlike Anything The World Has Ever Seen

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How Porn Can Contribute To An Unhealthy Cycle Of Stress

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How Porn Can Impact Mental Health And Fuel Loneliness

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How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding Of Healthy Sex

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Why Porn Isn’t An Ethical, Fair-Trade, or Cruelty-Free Product

Our generation places an emphasis on healthy, safe, and humane businesses. So many of us want our eggs free-range, our produce organic, and our makeup cruelty-free. Research has shown…

Fight the New DrugMarch 14, 2018

Blog Sex Trafficking

New Patrol Officer Anti-Trafficking Training in Texas Leads to 341 Child Rescues

Texas patrol officers are trained to spot drunk driving, drug trafficking, and so many other offenses. So why not child trafficking, too? Now, they can. According to…

Fight the New DrugMarch 10, 2018

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How One Teen’s Dream “Modeling Opportunity” Turned Into A Sex Trafficking Nightmare

We get messages all the time from people who are convinced that porn doesn’t hurt anyone. They say porn performers do porn because they like it, they…

Fight the New DrugMarch 7, 2018

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Porn In Prison: 4 Real Inmates Reveal Porn-Trading Secrets Behind Bars

In this digital age, it seems pornography is literally everywhere. Being connected 24/7 with devices that fit in our pockets allows anyone instant access to the most…

Fight the New DrugMarch 7, 2018

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This Surprising Facebook Survey Asked Users How They Would Handle Child Exploitation

Facebook has taken steps to combat porn and exploitive images on their platform (of which there is a ton), but it seems as though they're also taking…

Fight the New DrugMarch 7, 2018

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Kansas City Royals Becomes First MLB Team To Take A Stand Against Porn

Since the start of Fight the New Drug, we have been passionate about influencing an entire generation to rise up and fight the status quo, rejecting the…

Fight the New DrugMarch 7, 2018

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Regular Porn Consumers More Likely To Experience Break-Ups, Study Finds

"Analyses of pornography viewing frequency found a clear, linear progression of breakup likelihood across greater frequencies of earlier pornography use."

Fight the New DrugMarch 5, 2018

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Dr. Gail Dines: Porn Is A Public Health Issue, And It’s Time We Address It

Cover image from Wheelock College. The following article was originally posted on Public Health Post. Why Porn is a Public Health Issue By Dr. Gail Dines, Ph.D., Chair,…

Fight the New DrugMarch 2, 2018

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How My Porn Obsession Trained Me To Prefer Fantasy Over Reality

My first interaction with porn was when I was six years old. I walked into the front room, late at night, and saw my father watching a…

Fight the New DrugMarch 2, 2018

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Study Shows Students Who Consume Porn May Be More At Risk Of STIs

The full study can be found here. Factors Affecting Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Korean High School Students Authors: Suhee Kim MSN, RN & Chungyul Lee PhD,…

Fight the New DrugMarch 1, 2018

Blog Sex Trafficking

Police: Arizona Porn Studio Owner Sentenced For Running “Cleverly Disguised” Brothel

Cover image from Mesa County Sheriff's Office. 4 minute read. The owner of a business in an industrial area of Phoenix, Arizona, says he was running a…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 28, 2018

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Researchers: Consuming Porn Can Negatively Impact Short-Term Memory

Though many consumers think porn to be harmless entertainment, they also don't necessarily remember what they've seen. That's because consuming hardcore internet porn may interfere with short-term…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 28, 2018

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True Story: When My Guy Told Me I Don’t Measure Up To His “Skinny” Porn Fantasy

Hey all, I have followed Fight the New Drug for a couple of years now, and I've struggled with pornography for 7-8 years. My struggle was brought…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 27, 2018

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Icelandic Teens Watch Porn To Learn About Sex Even With Required Sex Ed Classes

Even though curriculum that teaches about sex is mandatory in many European countries, that isn't stopping this upcoming generation from seeking porn out to learn more about…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 24, 2018

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XXX Warning: Like Cigarettes, Porn Needs A Health Warning Label

Cover photo by Vadim Kaipov. 4 minute read. We’ve all seen the label, right? When a smoker purchases a pack of cigarettes, it comes with a Surgeon General’s…

Fight the New DrugFebruary 16, 2018

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