Study: Too much alcohol asociated to unsafe sex

A new study at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario, Canada, confirms drinking too much alcohol can lead to unsafe sex.

The more alcohol the participants drank, the more willing they were to engage in unsafe sex, the study authors said. Alcohol use has long been associated with HIV incidence. However, it hasn’t been clear whether unsafe sex associated with alcohol use actually led to HIV infection, or whether certain personality traits, such as sensation-seeking or risky behavior, led to both alcohol use and unsafe sex.

The study is published in the January issue of the journal Addiction.