Which drugs are mostly used during sex?

You can use drugs during sex:

  • Often this will make you hornier and the sex feel better
  • Each drug works differently and has its own up- and downsides
  • It’s better not to mix different drugs
  • Drugs can be dangerous. Make sure you know how to use them in the safest way possible

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Risks of drugs and sex

Risks of drugs during sex

Some drugs make you hornier and the sex easier or more enjoyable. But it can also be bad for you. For example if you take too many drugs, or do it too often, or the wrong way.

Pay attention to the risks of drugs:

  • They often make it easier to exceed your limits. Sometimes it can be fun, but you could also do things you will regret later. Sex against your will is more likely if you used drugs
  • Most drugs make you feel like you have more energy or help you not get tired as quickly. You can have sex for a longer time. This can cause small wounds on your anus or penis, which can raise the chance of getting HIV or other STDs

Do you use drugs during sex? Before doing it, read about what those drugs do and what dangers they pose. Don’t take too much. This will allow you to enjoy drugs and sex more.  

Different drugs have different effects on your body and mind, therefore they have a different effect on how you have sex. Here you can read the advantages and risks of drugs you can use during sex.

3MMC

3-MMC and 3-CMC

3-MMC is a drug that gives you energy. It makes you feel horny. 3-MMC has been illegal since 2021. 3-CMC is the “successor” of 3-MMC.

Advantages of sex with 3-MMC or 3-CMC:

  • You can go on for a longer time
  • The hangover you get from 3-MMC is not so heavy. You won’t feel it much in the days after using it

Disadvantages of sex with 3-MMC or 3-CMC:

  • You will quickly feel like using more. This can quickly make you addicted. According to users, this is even worse with 3-CMC
  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • It becomes harder to feel, or to say what you don’t want to do
  • It’s difficult to get a hard penis
  • Do you use it together with poppers or erection pills? You could get a cardiac arrest

You can read more about 3-MMC at unity.nl.

Alcohol

Alcohol

Alcohol is also a drug. Lots of people will occasionally have sex after drinking alcohol. A little bit of alcohol can give you energy. A lot of alcohol will sedate you. 

Advantages of sex with alcohol:

  • You will relax, which makes it easier to approach someone
  • You reflect less

Disadvantages of sex with alcohol:

  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • It becomes harder to feel, or to say what you don’t want to do
  • If you drink too much, it will get more difficult to get a hard penis. Having an orgasm gets more complicated too
  • Alcohol doesn’t work well with other drugs. Especially if you drink a lot

Read more about what alcohol can do to your body at unity.nl

Cocaine

Cocaine 

Cocaine gives you energy. It will often make you more confident and hornier. 

Advantages of sex with cocaine:

  • You get hornier, if you just use a little
  • You feel better about yourself and dare to do more
  • You can go on for a longer time

Disadvantages of sex with cocaine:

  • It’s difficult to get a hard penis and have an orgasm
  • Do you use it together with poppers or erection pills? You could get a cardiac arrest
  • It can make you aggressive

Lots of people use cocaine together with alcohol. It’s better to avoid this, because you could take too much of both. 

You can read more about cocaine at unity.nl.  

Crystal meth

Crystal meth

Crystal meth, or Tina (T), is a very strong drug. It makes you addicted faster than other drugs. It can be dangerous for your body and mind.

Advantages of crystal meth:

  • You can have sex for several days in a row
  • You can feel very horny and attractive

Disadvantages of sex with crystal meth:

  • Long, intense hangover: it could last until a week after the sex
  • It’s difficult to get a hard penis and have an orgasm
  • Because you can have sex for a very long time, your penis or anus could hurt or get small wounds
  • Some users can only have sex with crystal meth
  • You can easily get addicted
  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • It becomes harder to feel, or to say what you don’t want to do

It’s better not to use crystal meth. There are other drugs that are less bad or dangerous for you. 

Do you use crystal meth (Tina) already? At sexntina.nl you can read about how best to handle this drug.

Ecstasy

Ecstasy (MDMA)

Ecstasy gives you energy. It is usually found in the form of a pill or tablet. It contains a substance called MDMA. It can make you feel happy and in love. This can also make you feel like having sex.

Advantages of sex with ecstasy:

  • It’s easy to connect with people
  • It gives a feeling of happiness and being in love
  • Sex can last longer, because you have a lot of energy

Disadvantages of sex with ecstasy:

  • It’s difficult to get a hard penis and have an orgasm
  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • Do you use it together with poppers or erection pills? That can be bad for your heart
  • Your anus gets drier. So make sure to use enough lube. This way you can prevent wounds and damaging your anus
  • The days after using ecstasy it’s common to feel poorly or gloomy

You can read more about ecstasy at unity.nl.

GHB

GHB (and GBL)

GHB is a liquid drug. You can only swallow it, but it tastes disgusting. Therefore, people usually mix it with a soft drink. Or they swallow it quickly, with a lot of water.  

Advantages of sex with GHB:

  • It makes you very relaxed and horny 
  • It makes you more talkative. It’s easier to connect to others
  • With a small amount, you’ll feel good, happy and hornier
  • It’s easy to get a hard penis
  • You are more sensitive to touch

Disadvantages of sex with GHB:

  • It’s difficult to measure the right amount
  • The more you take, the stronger the effects get
  • Sometimes it can make you less aware of your surroundings
  • Are you taking too much? You could pass out (lose consciousness). And sometimes, you could even stop breathing
  • In this case, you could end up at the hospital

Pay a lot of attention to how much GHB you are taking or getting from someone. Do not use GHB together with alcohol or other downers, like ketamine

GBL is a stronger drug that works just like GHB. GBL is worse for your body. Your teeth and oesophagus can be badly damaged. Taking just a little bit too much can already be dangerous. So it’s better to use GHB than GBL.

You can read more about GHB and safe use at unity.nl.

Ketamine

Ketamine

Ketamine is an anaesthetic (numbing) medicine. It’s a strong drug. You can snort it. It will make your body feel very different. If you take too much, you can feel extremely absent-minded or slow. 

Advantages of ketamine during sex:

  • You get relaxed or dreamy
  • It gets easier to take a hand up your anus. You feel less pain 
  • Your body can feel different than what you are used to

Disadvantages of ketamine during sex:

  • You feel less
  • You feel absent-minded. This makes it harder to connect to others
  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • It becomes harder to feel, or to say what you don’t want to do
  • Talking can get more difficult
  • Your anus can get damaged, because you are less sensitive to pain

Read more about ketamine at unity.nl.

Poppers

Poppers

Poppers come in a small bottle. When you open it and sniff it, you get very relaxed and high for a short while. And your anus relaxes. After a couple of minutes, the feeling is gone.

Advantages of sex with poppers:

  • You can get very turned on. It makes you hornier
  • A penis or fingers will enter your anus more easily, as it relaxes
  • Orgasms feel better

Disadvantages of sex with poppers:

  • It can sometimes be difficult to get a hard penis. Even after the poppers wear off
  • You could briefly feel dizzy or nauseous
  • You can get a headache or heart palpitations
  • You can get small burns in or close to your nose. Or you can get a burning or painful sensation on your skin. Usually this will heal after a week
  • It can be dangerous if your blood pressure is low and if you take erection pills
  • If the bottle falls and spills its content, the smell will be extremely strong and persistent

Read how to use poppers safely

Weed

Weed (cannabis)

Both weed and hashish are products of the cannabis plant. You can buy them from a coffeeshop if you are over 18. Most people smoke weed. It can make you energetic (high) or sluggish (stoned). Weed works differently for everyone. Some people really don’t do well with it.

Advantages of weed during sex:

  • You can feel more energetic, or rather relaxed
  • Your body can become more sensitive
  • You can feel hornier

Disadvantages of weed during sex:

  • You can get sluggish or sleepy
  • You can feel absent-minded. This makes it harder to connect to people
  • Getting a hard penis and having an orgasm can become more difficult
  • You can get nauseous
  • You are less aware of what you are doing
  • It becomes harder to feel, or to say what you don’t want to do

Read everything you need to know about weed, hashish, marijuana and cannabis at unity.nl.

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Which other drugs can you use during sex?

At pinkunity.nl you can read more about all the drugs that are commonly used in the Netherlands.

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