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Biology Being called ‘the hug drug,’ you would expect MDMA to boost your love- and sex life. However, new scientific evidence suggests that a hug might be all you’re getting. Using MDMA inhibits your sex drive and takes you longer to finish. :ƵƐƚ EŽƚ dŚĂƚ /ŶƚŽ /ƚ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŽŶĞ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϵϭ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĨ D D ŽŶ ƐĞdžƵĂů ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ůĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌLJ ƌĂƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ͕ ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌ ƌ͘ tĂLJŶĞ Žƌ-­‐ ŶĂŶ͕ ĨŽƵŶĚ ͞Ă ƚƌĂŶƐŝĞŶƚ ĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĂůĞ ĐŽƉƵůĂƚŽƌLJ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ͟ ĂŌĞƌ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ D D ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůLJ ĨĂŝƌ ƚŽ ĂƉ-­‐ ƉůLJ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƚLJ ƵƐĞƌƐ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƐĞƐ the rats received were much higher than the ĚŽƐĞƐ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŇŽŽƌ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϴ͕ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚLJ͕ ŶŽǁ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŽǁĞƌ ĚŽƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ͗ ŵĂůĞ ƌĂƚƐ ŽŶ D D ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ Ă ŵĂůĞ ƌĂƚ ŶŽƌ-­‐ ŵĂůůLJ ƉĞŶĞƚƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĞĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚŽdžŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƌĂƚƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞ͕ Žƌ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚƌLJ ƚŽ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ĨĞŵĂůĞƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ ǁŚŽ ĚŝĚ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ ŽŶ͕ ƚŽŽŬ ŵƵĐŚ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚŽ ĞũĂĐƵůĂƚĞ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƵƚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞĚ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ D D ƌĂƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽ-­‐ ber ones again. EŽ 'ůŽďĂů >ŽǀĞ WŽƟŽŶ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚLJ͕ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ƉƐLJĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ ƌ͘ :ŝŵ WĨĂƵƐ͕ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ WĨĂƵƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐƟĐŬ ƚŽ D D ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĞdžĂŵŝŶĞĚ ŚŽǁ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͕ ĐŽĐĂŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĐĂīĞŝŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĂīĞĐƚ Ă ƌĂƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞdž ůŝĨĞ͘ ĂƐŝĐĂůůLJ͕ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ

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so-­‐called aphrodisiacs proved to be helpful. ͞tĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚ ĚĂƚĂ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϭϬϬ ĚŝĨ-­‐ ĨĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕͟ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚ WĨĂƵƐ͕ ͞ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĚĂƚĂ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ ƚŽ ƐLJƐ-­‐ ƚĞŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ĞdžĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŐƐ ŽŶ ƐĞdžƵĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ĞǀĂůƵ-­‐ ated the aphrodisiac claims of some of these ƉŚĂƌŵĂĐĞƵƟĐĂůƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ďƌŽĂĚͲďĂƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĚĞͲƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚLJ͕ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚƌƵŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞdž ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŵŝdž ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ŐůŽďĂů ůŽǀĞͲƉŽƟŽŶ͘͟ Although the tests again were per-­‐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŽŶ ůĂď ƌĂƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŐƐ ŽŶ ƐĞdžƵĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ŚƵ-­‐ ŵĂŶ ďĞŝŶŐƐ͕ WĨĂƵƐ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ͘ ͞ZĂƚƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ůŽƚ ůŝŬĞ ƵƐ͘ dŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŶ-­‐ ǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉůĂƐƟĐŝƚLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ͘ ŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞdžƵĂů ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉŽůLJŐĂŵŽƵƐ͕ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůLJ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂů-­‐ ůĞĂďůĞ ďLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘͟ hƐŝŶŐ ĐƐƚĂƐLJ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌŝƐŬƐ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ LJŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ ƌĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ďůŽŽĚ ƉƌĞƐ-­‐ ƐƵƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ʹĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŇƵŝĚ ĚĞƉƌŝǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ďŽĚLJ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂ-­‐ ƚƵƌĞͲ ĐĂŶ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ŚLJƉĞƌƚŚĞƌŵŝĂ ͲĂ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ďŽĚLJ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ĐƐƚĂƐLJ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ďĞƐŝĚĞƐ D D ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ >^ Žƌ WDD ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĞdžĂĐƚůLJ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ


Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ Ɖŝůů͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ƋƵĂŶƟƚLJ͕ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚ ůĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌLJ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ͖ Ă ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ D D ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůLJ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞ ĂƐ ǁĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĞƌLJ ďĞŶĞĮ-­‐ ĐŝĂƌLJ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ͘ /ƚƐ ƐƚŽƌLJ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ for granted.

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