Show Sex Drugs may not be a all II that they're they re cracked up u p to be Jack Foriska Staff Writer We are changing genetics with all the drugs we take The sad thing is that many of our psychiatrists are prescribing drugs with no thought of how it will impact pact future generations said D. D Corydon Hammond Phd a nationally known sex therapist and hypnotist from the U. U of U. U School of Medicine On Tues April 18 in conjunction with Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week he presented a sobering and eye opening lecture His talk to a capacity crowd in the College Center sunken lounge concerned the effects of alcohol and drugs on human sexuality Dr Hammond began his discussion of drugs by dispelling some common myths about sex and alcohol use First alcohol is not a sexual stimulant but a depressant and inhibits sexual function Alcohol sedates sexual pleasure and impairs the users user's ability to become aroused He said that 42 of all alcoholics al alcoholics alcoholics al- al have difficulty getting and keeping an erection This side effect of alcohol use is not confined to alcoholics and often affects social drinkers as well These sym symptoms are also found in users of heroin barbiturates and other depressants most of which have effects effects effects ef ef- ef- ef similar to those of alcohol Alcohol use can retard ejaculation in men and inhibit orgasm in women and is literally a toxic poison to the gonads and the ovaries Alcohol actually poisons the cells and the effect effect effect ef ef- is permanent One of the most interesting tidbits of information information information in in- formation Hammond passed on was that alcohol al alcohol alcohol al- al al alJ J cohol consumption changes male female hormone levels A feminization process including including in in- eluding breast development and loss of body and facial fadal hair occurs in men In women an inverse process occurs These changes can occur with as little as one drink a day and at some point become irreversible Other effects of regular use include peripheral nerve damage and organic brain damage along with numerous physical problems such as colitis diabetes and high blo blood d pressure All of which aid sexual dys dys- function Hammond also talked about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Everything that is happening to the drinking mother is also happening to the baby only at a much more intensified rate Because their livers cant can't process the alcohol as fast babies are being born with cavities in their brains as well as numerous other birth defects One drink is equivalent to one bottle insofar as the effect on an unborn fetus is concerned He also elaborated on the psychological problems connected with alcoholism that affect affect affect af af- af- af relationships relationships' and desexualize them During the remainder of his lecture Hammond Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond talked extensively about other drugs and their effects on sexual performance His discussion included cocaine crack prescription prescription tion and the over-the-counter drugs 11 J W N j J t N i i. i 1 t ir I. I a k 4 3 Y i f k t t to i it t if i I f fo f. f J. J 7 4 4 li jt II N fI Q w Cg EL t Jack Foriska Staff Writer Remember that grade Lynnette said as she took aim And do you remember when you took 20 points off for not double underlining net income 1 ome Splat She rubbed the pie in with both hands Revenge was sweet or at least it looked sweet when Wayne Moss licked the coconut cream pie from his face Lynnette waited 13 years and paid 31 dollars to get even with her accounting instructor Wednesday at the pie throwing round Lynnette who is now an accounting professor herself had just been creamed by Don Brooksby one of her students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who paid 30 to 10 avenge some of his grades All together 25 instructors aides and students volunteered volunteered volunteered volun volun- to be the target for a pie if the price was right Pies were auctioned off to the highest bidder for each target Victims brought from 2 to 58 a pool of accounting students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents gave for the of massacring with witha a chocolate cream The bidding raged hot and heavy in front of an exuberant exuberant exuberant ex ex- audience as victims lined up and pie hurlers pom pom- their victims to the delight of the crowd The event raised that will be donated to various alcohol and drug related community agencies |