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How Bad Is Porn, Really?

Porn is more than just entertainment—it rewires your brain, affects relationships, and influences society. Learn the facts and take a stand.

Fight the New DrugApril 9, 2025

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How Much Porn Can You Watch Before It’s Unhealthy?

So what amount of porn is healthiest, based on what science and research say about porn? The answer may surprise you.

Fight the New DrugDecember 20, 2024

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Positive Side-Effects of Not Watching Porn, According to 90 Real People

"Generally speaking, I'm overall happier." Here are 90 real people's real benefits and positive side-effects of not watching porn.

Fight the New DrugDecember 18, 2024

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Groundbreaking Neuroscience Study Finds Striking Similarities in Brains of Porn and Drug Addicts

Dr. Valerie Voon is a global authority on addiction and the leading researcher in the neuroscience department at the prestigious University of Cambridge in England. According to her…

Fight the New DrugDecember 8, 2024

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10 Negative Effects of Porn on Your Brain, Body, Relationships, and Society

Can porn negatively impact you or have negative side effects on your sexual and mental health, and the health of our society? The short answer is yes,…

Fight the New DrugNovember 28, 2024

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5 Ways Porn Can Negatively Affect Your Brain, Body, and Quality of Life

Porn isn't worth it. Do yourself a favor and consider the facts. It could be hindering you from living your life to the fullest.

Fight the New DrugNovember 18, 2024

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50 Good Reasons to Stop Watching Porn

Many people don't realize how much porn is affecting them until they quit watching it. Here are 50 good reasons to ditch it today.

Fight the New DrugNovember 16, 2024

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Multiple Studies Confirm Connection Between Consuming Porn & Sexual Aggression

We fight because we can't ignore what research is telling us about how porn is harming relationships and fueling domestic violence.

Fight the New DrugOctober 25, 2024

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Everything You Need to Know About Fight the New Drug’s “Consider Before Consuming” Podcast

We invite you to consider the facts before consuming porn. If you have a brain or relationships, and want to live in a healthy society, this podcast…

Fight the New DrugAugust 28, 2024

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Everything You Need To Know About Fight the New Drug’s Three-Part Docuseries

We made a docuseries that explores the different ways research has shown that porn can impact individuals, relationships, and society. Read on to learn more.

Fight the New DrugAugust 22, 2024

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Have an Unwanted Porn Habit

If you've ever wondered if you have a porn habit, here are five questions you should ask yourself that will answer your question.

Fight the New DrugJuly 27, 2024

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The Brain’s Delete Button: How You Can Erase Years of Watching Porn

It is possible to delete porn's harmful effects on your brain. Rest assured, our brains are fully customizable, and we decide how they change.

Fight the New DrugJuly 9, 2024

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How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

As few as 1 in 3 and as many as 9 in 10 porn videos depict sexual violence or aggression. That's especially concerning, considering that research indicates…

Fight the New DrugAugust 12, 2024

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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 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 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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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 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 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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Why Today’s Internet Porn is Unlike Anything the World Has Ever Seen

Porn is incomparably more accessible and more extreme than anything available before the internet. A couple of ratty old centerfold magazines found in the park are nothing…

Fight the New DrugAugust 6, 2024

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How Porn Can Impact Mental Health and Fuel Loneliness

Many porn consumers use porn as a self-soothing technique when they’re feeling lonely or depressed, but research suggests that porn may actually fuel mental health issues, rather…

Fight the New DrugAugust 20, 2024

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How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

Research indicates that consuming porn can normalize sexual objectification, which can have profound consequences in the ways porn consumers view and treat others.

Fight the New DrugAugust 2, 2024

Articles in Brain Science

How Bad Is Porn, Really?

How Much Porn Can You Watch Before It’s Unhealthy?

Positive Side-Effects of Not Watching Porn, According to 90 Real People

Groundbreaking Neuroscience Study Finds Striking Similarities in Brains of Porn and Drug Addicts

10 Negative Effects of Porn on Your Brain, Body, Relationships, and Society

5 Ways Porn Can Negatively Affect Your Brain, Body, and Quality of Life

50 Good Reasons to Stop Watching Porn

Multiple Studies Confirm Connection Between Consuming Porn & Sexual Aggression

Everything You Need to Know About Fight the New Drug’s “Consider Before Consuming” Podcast

Everything You Need To Know About Fight the New Drug’s Three-Part Docuseries

5 Questions to Ask Yourself If You Have an Unwanted Porn Habit

The Brain’s Delete Button: How You Can Erase Years of Watching Porn

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How Porn Can Promote Sexual Violence

How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking

How Porn Can Distort Consumers’ Understanding of Healthy Sex

How Porn Can Harm Consumers’ Sex Lives

How Porn Can Affect the Brain Like a Drug

How Porn Can Hurt a Consumer’s Partner

How Porn Can Become an Escalating Behavior

Why Today’s Internet Porn is Unlike Anything the World Has Ever Seen

How Porn Can Impact Mental Health and Fuel Loneliness

How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

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