I took Viagra and had a 2 day jack fest (I’m 32). My cock and balls swelled and got huge, then a couple days later went back to normal (I’m pretty well hung, honest 8" when back to normal). Was it the Viagra or did I over do it? I shot a load about 11 times over those days, thick strings to start then thinner clearer spunk at the end of the session. I figure I’d ask a pro! What do you think?
Let me explain how Sildenafil, Tadalafil and Vardenafil work and you’ll see that what you said you experienced cannot be caused by any of these medications.
Sildenafil, Tadalafil and Vardenafil are phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-i). To understand how they work, we must first understand how an erection happens.
Erection is a complex phenomenon involving psychological, neurological and vascular integrity and interactions.
The erection process begins in the brain first and foremost. This process is triggered by mental imagery or by physical stimulation (visual, auditory or tactile perceptions, including sensual caresses aimed squarely at the penis itself). If the perception of the stimulation is favourable, the brain sends an appropriate response to the brainstem. The psychological step is basically an on/off switch. 90 % of the erectile dysfunction problems happen at this step and PDE5-i won’t work here. Most men taking PDE5-i want to have an erection, however, so their mental switch is usually on…
The neurological response then begins : from this step on, the erection becomes a series of reflex actions evolving in an explosive fashion up to the visually impressive finale. The nerves, amongst other things, stimulate certain cells in the vasculature of the penis, triggering in turn the vascular step. (Still no PDE5-i here.)
The cells stimulated by the aforementioned nerves release nitric oxide (NO) in the vasculature of the corpus cavernosum.
NO activates the enzyme guanylate cyclase which results in increased levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).
This leads to smooth muscle relaxation in blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernosum
Consequently, there is an increased blood flow to the penis while blood flow out of the penis stays the same (it may decrease).
At this point, since there is thus more blood going in the penis than blood going out, the dramatic effect called an erection happens !
As you can see, erection is a series of positive reactions to a stimulation from the moment the neurological system is triggered. Contrary to the psychological phase where there is a choice (yes/no), the rest of the erectile sequence is a straightforward yes, a domino effect. So as long as there is a minimal favourable psychological response, neurological stimulation continues and, consequently, liberation of NO by the perivascular cells in the corpus cavernous.
Ok, now… Having an erection is fine and all, but how does one loses his erection ? All good things has an end !
You remember that the increased blood flow to the penis happens because of the smooth muscle relaxation in blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernosum.
You might also remember that this relaxation happens as a response to the increased levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).
From the moment cGMP is released, an enzyme kicks in to degrade (destroy) this cGMP : this enzyme is the Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5). A-Ha : there we are !
For as long as there is arousal, cGMP is released more quickly than PDE5 can deactivate it, leading to a sustained erection.
But when the arousal ceases, PDE5 eventually succeeds in deactivating all the cGMP.
When this happens, the relaxation of the smooth muscles in blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernosum ceases and the outflow is again greater than the inflow : this is detumescence (loss of erection).
So we finally found the spot where the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-i) has an effect ! Quite logically indeed, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-i) inhibit the degradation of cGMP by phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Since there is less PDE5 to do the job, there is more cGMP available to act on the walls of the blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernous, increasing blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation, hence increasing the likelihood of a successful erection.
All in all, what does this mean ? It means that Sildenafil, Tadalafil and Vardenafil only work on a single step (albeit an important one) of the whole erection process. The rest is not impacted in anyway. It also means that PDE5 inhibitors are totally ineffective without sexual stimulation. It won’t give you an erection without your consent, so to speak.
What is the point, then, of this medication ?
For men with a bad vascular health (cholesterol deposits partially clogging the arteries for instance), the relaxation of the smooth muscles in blood vessels supplying the corpus cavernous may not result in sufficient blood flow to result in an input/output ratio adequate enough to allow the penis to become hard enough (soft erection problem) or stay hard long enough (stamina problem). PDE5-i, by increasing the longevity of the cGMP, helps then.
For men who’d like to but are too tired to perform, PDE5-i will help pick up the slack. This is why porn actors use PDE5-i abundantly : after ejaculation, the penis goes into a recess phase and PDE5-i shorten this recess phase drastically. This last reason is also the only one that explains how these pills could be interesting for healthy younger men. In other words, healthy younger men using PDE5-i won’t see any change in the quality (firmness and stamina) of their erection. If you are young and need PDE5-i, have yourself checked for cholesterol and diabetes !
How long do the PDE5-i act ?
Sildenafil and Vardenafil stay in the blood in sufficient concentration to be active for 6 hours
Tadalafil stays in the blood in sufficient concentration to be active for 36 hours, hence its nickname of the week-end pill.
Back to your question :
Can a 2 days fest resulting in swollen balls and cock be caused by Sildenafil (Viagra) ? The answer is totally and completely negative. As we have seen, Viagra only acts 6 hours (so 2 days are way out of the question) and it only dilates small blood vessels (so the swollen genitals are out). Additionally, since Viagra does not act on the prostate, it cannot increase the volume of semen.
I’m sorry if I burst your bubble though. masturbatorsanctum.tumblr.com/post/37406641702/i-took-viagra-and-had-a-2-day-jack-fest-im-32-my#axzz2yEotKuS5
Methamphetamine (commonly known as “crystal meth,” “crystal,” or just “meth”) is a strongstimulant often used recreationally as a party drug.
Among the effects reported by methamphetamine users is an increase in the need and urgency for sex, the ability to have sex for extended periods, and an inability to ejaculate or reach orgasm or physical release.
In addition to increasing the need for sex and enabling the user to engage in marathon sex sessions, methamphetamine lowers inhibitions and causes users to behave recklessly or to become forgetful. According to a recent San Diego study, methamphetamine users often engage inunsafe sexual activities, and forget or choose not to use condoms. The study found that methamphetamine users were six times less likely to use condoms[1].
The urgency for sex combined with the inability to achieve release can result in tearing, chafing and trauma (such as rawness and friction sores) to the sex organs and the rectum and mouth, dramatically increasing the risk of transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Methamphetamine also causes erectile dysfunction (sometimes called “crystal dick”) which often leads people to decide to engage in receptive anal sex or fisting.
Crystal d-methamphetamine hydrochloride (commonly known as “crystal meth,” “crystal,” or just “meth”) is the crystalline form of methamphetamine, a powerfully addictive stimulant drug often used recreationally as a party drug.
Among the effects reported by crystal users (known as “tweakers”) is an increase in the need and urgency for sex, the ability to have sex for extended periods (hours or even days), and an inability toejaculate or reach orgasm or physical release.
In addition to increasing the need for sex and enabling the user to engage in marathon sex sessions, crystal lowers inhibitions and causes users to behave recklessly or to become forgetful. According to a recent San Diego study, crystal users often engage in unsafe sexual activities, and forget or choose not to use condoms. The study found that crystal users were six times less likely to use condoms[1].
The urgency for sex combined with the inability to achieve release can result in tearing, chafing and trauma (such as rawness and friction sores) to the sex organs and the rectum and mouth, dramatically increasing the risk of transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Crystal also causes erectile dysfunction (this is known as “crystal dick”, though the term has more rarely been used to describe the extreme urge for sex experienced by many crystal users) which often leads people to decide to engage in receptive anal sex or fisting.
Still I think it is necessary to tell and write about it in my blog.
Today even more than before,
yes it is true, even in the 80’s drugs were comment in the hard scene but not like what I see now a days.
No I’m not a saint I tried also things in the past,
like my mother said always: “do not have an opinion about something if you do not know what it is or does”. Even when she wasn’t of course talking about drugs. LOL
But you hang around with friends and you do not want to be left out.
So I did and it didn’t have any effect on me, because i am already hyperactif from nature and you know people still like me and think I’m cool.
SO SAY NO AGAINST DRUGS.
Sometimes the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom … The most suitable to enter the secret door to the palace … popular wisdom and cutting-edge chemical substances combine to synthesize the key.
Since time immemorial, man has sought ecstasy as communion with the universe around him. There are basically three ways to reconnect with this oceanic feeling of unity, ascetic practices, sexuality and drugs (usually in a sacred context). Sometimes these roads meet. though ideally it would be best followed the confluence of asceticism sex. Generally in eager pursuit of otherness, optimal for combining drugs with sex. The psychedelic; T. McKenna, said to go to the grave without having a psychedelic experience was like dying without ever having had sex , or in other words without realizing what this game really is . Under this wording the question inevitably arises why not do both at the same time?
It is known that sex can be a drug and it is true that sometimes drugs can be like having sex with yourself (or the universe)… I do not recommend using drugs to accentuate, get or manipulate a sexual experience. Obviously sexual ENSI same event should be exciting enough; as they say among the esoteric traditions in human intercourse can access the same energy that created the universe. Before attempting a chemical stimulation is encouraged to try the ancient techniques of ecstasy, as the tantric and yoga, or perhaps for the more adventurous sexual magic, secret societies of the West.
We do not include substances that allow a person to force or compel through another person a chemical contraption, to have a sexual relationship between this substance are some barbiturates, called “ruffles”, tolerance and although with questionable results, combined.
Of course I dosed someone some ecstasy or mandrake , for example, you could manipulate in favour of “ dealer” sex , however these substances may also be used with awareness and desire for sexual hyperesthesia and is in this sense funny we do is deeply research on the uses and customs of postmodernism in search of ecstasy.
10. COCAINE
The relationship between cocaine and sex is extensive because cocaine is used as a “ drug ” nightlife, bars, clubs, giver of “status”, and even as a form of sexual blackmail in certain underground circles. Being very addictive, cocaine can sometimes cause people to become addicted to people who can provide this substance.
Cocaine generally increases confidence and a little illusion, creates the feeling of physical and mental vitality. Therefore the “parakeet” estop 10 drugs for sex ! Used many times to flirt. Moreover cocaine sleeping areas of the body where it is applied by which sometimes leads to having hard, rough sex, the stereotype of a wild night. It is easy to carry to bed as a sex toy and inhale lines of cocaine body curves.
Ph. K. Dick wrote in “A Scanner Darkly” that cocaine makes women want to have sex, but men cannot. Men who do get an erection on cocaine usually tend to last longer, but sometimes fail to reaching orgasm dark areas of frustration and / or sado-masochism.
One of the dangers of having sex after inhaling cocaine is that if things get a little stronger, they may suffer from cardiac arrest: dying in the arms of The White Lady.
“It makes me lose control, it makes me go insane, I want a girl that does cocaine”, Nirvana.
9. Candy flips (LSD / MDMA):
The candy flip, combining ecstasy with LSD is a psychedelic cocktail popular in raves, among young peoples who wanted the power of psychedelic LSD and MDMA empathy and sociability. LSD can only be difficult to master for intimate contact, often people who take this substance do not want to be touched and addressed freak train, but at the same time feel a great energy, intense ardour a Kundalini (“corporeal energy”) power. MDMA, ecstasy before being named as street marketing, it would be called “empathy” closer as their effects on serotonin and its ability to connect with the feelings of other person’s name. Even used by marital therapists, as a trigger of the famous “make -up sex.” In this relationship puts the fire and tenderness LSD MDMA.
Timothy Leary’s mistress visited him in jail and tells us about erotic power of LSD: the foot of one of the gurus of flower power under the table looking for the vortex dressed as an intern dimensional doorway. Promises of eternal love in between a radiation shooting star! “Under the table our feet touching, sometimes the guards allowed this type of game. I felt the passion of her foot up my dress up and break me like we’re in a profuse bed together. Orgasm through my body, my eyes felt pleasure, like a cat meowing in ecstasy. Tim’s eyes were tied to mine. We were traveling on a moonbeam shining on a spider web. There was no prison.”
Leary himself wrote about the sexual alchemy: “The best results come when you catch someone you really love on an acid trip. That’s when the nervous system is more open, less conditioned and ready for a new implant.”
The candy flip is not a combo for casual sex, sex functions to the cosmic, looking to connect emotionally and spiritually, and feel the ecstasy unfold between Star tissues connecting the bodies. Especially for a couple but just know that you know that your connection is much earlier, perhaps the first emanation from the Galactic Butterfly.
Some people prefer the hippie -flip, the combination of mushrooms ecstasy but LSD and MDMA are two chemicals with a closer morphogenetic field, a library of more akin information. In any case it would be advisable to combine the MDMA (or use 2 -CB ’s) with mescaline, substances more closely, both phenethylamines, and always part of the magic benzene rings.
8. MANDRAKE
One substance “aphrodisiac” most used in the history of mankind, with an inextricable relationship to Western witchcraft, this narcotic is an elegant and subtle lure of sex. It is even mentioned in this modus operandi Bible. Its root is shaped like a penis, popularly said that when he hanged a man, he ejaculated, and where fell the semen growing this plant, which had to be cut with magic preparation. (It´s true that when a man is hanged produces an erection). Much of the power of this plant lies in its symbolic metamorphosis into a man, on the understanding that its shape is a magical object in the mind who knows how to use it. Play is evident that man can become consumed dragon manipulating their corporeal energy.
Mandrake contains scopolamine alkaloids and belongs to the tropane ring, like the Datura/Thorn apple (Jimson weed), belladonna and cocaine interestingly (again wisdom: coca is “the devil’s dandruff”, Thorn apple is “ the devil’s weed ”). This plant, along with belladonna is still used in modern pagan ceremony (such as Wicca) in solar or lunar rituals sex.
7. POPPERS
This substance (nitrite anile) popularized in the 80s by the gay culture and commonly sold in sex shops, is a vasodilator, thus serves as a relaxant anal and vaginal muscles. Prolonged use can cause loss of erection, but an application can produce accurate wisely. Also, when inhaled produces instantaneous and ephemeral euphoria, which is perfectly synchronized with the moment of orgasm.
Some couples seasoned instead of inhaling poppers , among the favourite brands are the Liquid Gold and Purple Haze- let the substance distils slowly creating an effect that can rhythmically encapsulated splice heat penetration. Poppers -saunas, spasms modulated by loss of consciousness.
The popper, a substance that produces a rush instantaneous, it is also used by some paratroopers when they jumped or clubbers looking to feel the eternity of the moment combining their pills with popper.
6. KETAMINE
The Special K, a controlled substance used as anaesthesia for animals, is a dissociative that was first popularized by Doctor John Lily in his experiments in isolation tanks deprogramming human bio computer and its dolphin telepathy experiment. Ketamine has recently become very popular as an underground invited to bed, particularly led by peoples in cosmopolitan cities like London, New York, Barcelona or Buenos Aires. The keta, or k-space, greatly relaxes so it can prepare the “mood” for sex but inhibits the ability to carry blood to the penis making erection very difficult to pinpoint support (probably more than cocaine or MDMA although there versions found).
Therefore it is better used for sex in a previous flirtation and men. Ketamine and its characteristic “k -holes”, has been associated with near-death experiences, total decoupling, a tunnel of light or darkness. Some people under ketamine feel they have supernatural powers, levitating or unfold your body. This astral evolution can happen during sex with a characteristic image of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the ghost that sees he is having sex before reincarnating. Interestingly Freud called orgasm “la petit mort”, this is the aspect of the relationship between ketamine and sex climax implosion entering the infinite within itself.
5. GHB and OXYTOCIN
Gamma- hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), or GHB occurs naturally in small quantities in the nervous system cells of all mammals. This recently popularized in the electronic scene substance has been sold as an aphrodisiac even in the medical literature, according to Doctor Laborit: “A last point should still be mentioned: the [GHB] action on Man Which could be called: Aphrodisiac. We cannot present any Animal experiments on this subject. However, the oral form has now sufficiently It Been So THAT used, as Generally Agreed, subsist no doubt as to its existence.”
Not only aphrodisiacal but this substance ingested in excess can be considered a drug violation (“ date- rape- drug”); sometimes secretly administered in bars and clubs for people with dark intentions. However, among couples who seek to stir sexual intercourse, GHB is certainly one of the favourite substances. Women report an expansion of her orgasm; but at higher doses this becomes more difficult. As always, but particularly with GHB, it is important to measure the dose.
One benefit of GHB is which produces a feeling of disinhibition, but unlike other substance does not impede performance. This substance is used a lot by exotic dancers and bodybuilders.
A study during an outbreak of syphilis showed that 61 % of infected homosexual men reported using the drug GHB alleging that allowed them to forget their inhibitions when they had sex with strangers, allowing them to enjoy carefree a large number of sexual partners.
Oxytocin - Oxytocin, known as the “love hormone” mammalian is a hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter, is produced especially in childbirth, and after orgasm, as a binding wake. In women is also generated to hold suck her nipples; Men also receive a discharge after sex, but it seems a bit low testosterone effects.
The idea that love is like a drug and only a matter of chemistry, is based on the substance. Therefore some companies have begun to manufacture it, especially spray and some people take it to “connect emotionally with each other” and radiate this kind of love lotion. There are even themed parties where diners consume this hormone. In reality they are nothing orgiastic; as opposed to wild sex cocaine - with - popper - with – Viagra - with GHB- with S & M or some other type of cocktail (also called: SLAM), sex with oxytocin is like vapour post orgasm gently embracing the whole act, a mist of tenderness harmonics, the sex of a couple who has long meeting.
Ecstasy or MDMA also stimulates brain oxytocin via serotonin receptors.
4. CANNABIS
Obviously he had to be on this list cannabis, the most commonly used drug for “sexy time” on the planet (excluding alcohol obviously cannot climb this list.) However, rather than marijuana, hashish (also the best in charras and chillum) for their lineage from the Paradise orgies East, is the substance that is more relevant as a sexual enhancer. Generally people approach to cannabis for its sensory quality, the way things felt, hear the music; cannabis is a malleable substance used to better sex must be known.
Hashish, also called “chocolate”, can be used as oil met stimulator. Smokers Moroccan sages make cute virgin run naked through the fields and smoke cannabis plants were pollen sticks to your body. Especially if you get to get some of the legendary Black hash/Alamut, the couple will be addressing a large cynical trip….
Perfectly used between couples who want to have a romantic evening, taking in drops! Mandrake especially fills man with an aura of mysterious power, a touch between Dionysian and gentleman. (It is said that women can take the female mandrake and obtain an equivalent effect.)
The Great Wizard of the West, A. Crowley said; among preferred mescaline, opium and other drugs, hashish as their intimate sexual agent, works great. Crowley looked at the sex contest of cosmic forces and orgasm a kind of divine lightning, or sentence; he could engage in communication with the astral world or express an intention. Describes the effect of hashish, A. Crowley:
“Well, then, let me see Whether by exalting myself mystically first and Continuing my invocations while the drug Dissolved the diamond matrix of my Soul, That diamond Might not manifest limpid and sparkling, a radiance ‘not of the Sun, nor the Moon, nor the Stars, "and then, of course, I remembered this ceremonial intoxication That constitutes the supreme ritual of all religions.”
Crowley even developed a technique called “Erotic-comatose-lucidity” (coma lucid-erotic). This ritual was based on repeated sexual stimulation without orgasm that leads the individual to an intermediate state between sleep and wakefulness, as well as exhaustion, allowing the practitioner to commune with the divine. To promote this state were used substances like hashish and sometimes opium.
When man makes the ritual, all the semen (or elixir) produced by an orgasm should possibly be consumed through the famous Colours of Light, the secret furnace of the Great Beast.
Apparently the use of sacred hashish, sexual context, came to the West through the Templars, who later to marijuana plantations of George Washington would lead to the Illuminati and perhaps. The Templars contacted the club of Assassins.
The creative writer of poetic terrorism, H. Bey says;
“The legend of the heavenly garden of Alamut where the hour is (maidens of heaven), chalice, wine and hashish were enjoyed by Murderers raw, could be generated from the popular memory of Yawm ad-Dīn. Or maybe it’s literally true. Since consciousness on this world is none other than Paradise and its joys and pleasures are all permitted. The Quran describes paradise as a garden. It is very logical to become wealthy Alamut external reflection of the spiritual state of Yawm al-Qiyāmah ”.
This seems to be the key to sexual ecstasy, the reflection of the sky, in the pleasure of creation. The slow and voluptuous trances of hashish bring us to dream of divinity in his harem.
3. FOXY-METHOXY
FOXY (N, N-diisopropyl-5-methoxy-tryptamine) is part of the psychedelic royalty, the family of tryptamine content, including the most powerful psychedelic planet like 5MEO-DMT and DMT. This brand new addition has become a cult classic in the sexual underground, that not only seeks the ecstasy of the body but of the spirit and accompany the delicious sensuality of the physical form with fractals and mandalas of alternate dimensions of reality.
One can see the flower of life in sex, a galactic orchid calling or magnetically transparent skin of stars.
A friend told me ones, a Foxy sexual experience:
“Foxy makes me feel super strong and fast, like Bruce Lee. Once I was fucking with Tom. It was long and intense, and he came for what seemed like 20 minutes. Later he told a friend: my orgasm needed its own zip code.”
E. Bruce writes about sex at Foxy:
“After finally we managed to rise, my jade stalk your florid form (the erect penis), sex was unusually loaded and visual. I could just keep a low climax very easily and manage to get the instinct of a very powerful way.
"After orgasm I felt incredibly ornate, contrary to my typical post-orgasmic stupor. I jumped out of bed and started to make dinner dancing to the music. ”
The blog Raramour few years ago described the effect of Foxy with: “Entice him who consumes dreams passages enjoy a childish pleasure, dream tours holding hands yourself.”
Playboy asked the designer maximum psychedelic substances known to mankind, Alexander Shulgin. Playboy: Days after foxy you invented, you had sex on it. Was it good?
Shulgin: At low doses it Greatly Enhances my orgasm intensity…
A pretty bold user made what appears to be the grail saint psychedelic eroticism. After consuming LSD, while his boyfriend entered him in the missionary position, smoked a little 5-MeO-DMT, the most powerful, impossible to be used by man during sex and psychedelic planet that produces a detachment is probably in the interruption of the act (although maybe it could be used in another position, in a silent slumbers penetration in the lotus of eternity).
Returning to reality his boyfriend told him he had left as a corpse as he entered him. People who smoke 5-MeO-DMT, the effect only lasts a few minutes, often perceive the birth of the universe, the Big Bang, the Aleph in its creation / annihilation radiation as in both sword and cutting head.
2. VIAGRA AND ECSTASY
This combo pro sexual known on the circuit as hedonistic dilettante “séxtasis” (sex ecstasy) and probably the most effective cocktail, ensuring an epic performance in men (women can try analogously bremelanotide flibanserin or MDMA, but to date the grail of “female Viagra” has not yet been discovered). We will tell you a secret: in these after parties with Russian supermodels invite you to where ever the substance of the house is MDMA mixed with Viagra, they both have the side effect of seeing blue, sometimes a vague glimpse of a reality LUZAZUL or inclusion stained like that orgiastic goddess of the Smurfs.
The combination is obviously that one part MDMA, ecstasy is actually encapsulated empathy, is the substance that allows you to connect more easily with another person, also called the love drug, and traveling in touch texture in infinite body, this substance makes the erection. Ergo, Viagra, MDMA also retards time spasm.
For long sessions of sex, especially with more than one person at a time in mansions with pools and a little more playful immortal god Pan, the faun who runs to the lost in the woods with an erect penis and his mighty hissing princesses whistle.
Needless to say that this combination, in ecstasy runaway train in the heart, is quite dangerous and there are few deaths it has caused. Recently groom Argentina model Liz Solari (pictured to the fire) seems to have died after taking Faust / infamous cocktail. At least so death is not dying as extending Holy orgasmic waves. Although probably avoid crossing the heavy door guardian Anubis jackal in samsara iterated meat and false light.
Some of the most experienced members who have begun to combine with mephedrone Viagra, the recently popular drug known as “meow-meow”. They say mephedrone exceeds the MDA as MDM or sexual partner. However, this use is not widespread enough to speak categorically of this couple so close to the top.
1. IBOGAINE
Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in plants in the Apocynaceae family such as Tabernanthe iboga, Voacanga africana and Tabernaemontana undulata. A psychedelic with dissociative properties, the substance is banned in some countries; in other countries it is used by proponents of psychedelic therapy to treat addiction to methadone, heroin, alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, anabolic steroids, and other drugs. Ibogaine is also used to treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Derivatives of ibogaine that lack the substance’s psychedelic properties are under development.
The substance of the heart of Africa, according to T. McKenna is the only true aphrodisiac that exists on the planet. It is also a powerful hallucinogen with healing properties sometimes compared to Ayahuasca (also commonly called yagé, is a psychedelic brew of various plant infusions prepared with the Banisteriopsis caapi ivine).
The iboga originally seems to have been used in hunting magic to relieve fatigue. Some African sorcerers use iboga to practice magic technique that produces orgasms distance as the Merovingian in The Matrix.
Some people have reported that the iboga helps conceive sexuality as something totally natural and fun ways to express as part of a cosmic game. The iboga is dance on the night of the polarity , the two flames are called to melt into ecstasy, as Panthers copulating in the moonlight pouring wine in their sweat, crouching fierce and mystically. Tabernanthe plant also gives the person who takes a special rhythm, pulse the Motherland, which may include, in the case of a man, to penetrate the great cosmic vagina and in the case of a woman to receive the solar phallus.
At around 6 am on Sunday, April 25, 2004, the doorbell rang at the house that the poet Thom Gunn shared with his lover and two friends in San Francisco. Gunn let the caller in, took the man into his bedroom and closed the door. A few hours later, his housemates got up, had breakfast together and went about their business.
“Starting around midday, I felt there was something terribly wrong,” Bill Schuessler later told the news blog SFGate. “I went down to the garden in back and looked toward Thom’s window. The blinds were drawn.” At 8 pm, they forced open his bedroom door and found him in bed, alone and unresponsive. An hour later he was pronounced dead. An autopsy listed the cause of death as “acute polysubstance abuse.” He was 73.
The story of Gunn’s death, related by his lover of 50 years, theater director Mike Kitay, and Bill Schuessler, is remarkable for its candor. They chose not to shield the reputation of one of the most celebrated poets of the second half of the 20th century from the stigma of a death from meth. Their honesty is a tribute to the brave and daring spirit of the self-described “romantic rebel,” who succeeded in catching the tempest of gay liberation in the net of his art.
“There are many different varieties of New Jerusalem,Political, pharmaceutical—I’ve visited most of them.But of all the embodiments ever built, I’d only return to one,For the sexual Jerusalem was by far the greatest fun.”
Gunn wrote these lines in 1990, when AIDS had already razed that New Jerusalem. In 1992, he published The Man With Night Sweats, a collection of elegiac poems about that vanished world. It was as lavished with awards and acclaim as earlier collections celebrating the actual life of that world—such as Moly, inspired by his experiments with hallucinogens, in 1971, and The Passages of Joy, inspired by his experience of leather bars, bathhouses, promiscuity and what he called gay liberation’s “community of the carnal heart,” in 1982—had been ridiculed or ignored.
In 2000 Gunn retired from teaching at the University of California at Berkeley and published his last poetry collection, Boss Cupid. “After he retired, Thom kept saying how happy he was. He said it often—too often and too loudly,” Kitay wrote in the Threepenny Review. “But sometimes, when no one else was around, he’d lean against the kitchen sink and bow his head and moan, “I’m old! I’m old!”
Gunn still cut a striking figure in his black leather jacket, black jeans, black motorcycle boots and gold earring on his nightly rounds of the bars and clubs. But with methamphetamine rife, the nights turned into three-day binges; he withdrew from his communal household and stopped writing, saying his muse had deserted him.
“He wasn’t mixing with a great crowd. His sexual partners were people younger than himself who were semi-homeless, had drug problems. Rough,” the poet August Kleinzahler told SFGate. “And I think he did make a New Year’s resolution that he would behave better. But he loved his time with these naughty boys, and he wasn’t about to give that up.”
A “Second Epidemic”
Thom Gunn was one of thousands of urban gay men who fell victim to crystal methamphetamine in 2004. They were a minority of all gay users, but the drug’s Leviathan-like addictiveness can swallow a man whole. Every few weeks brought news or rumors of someone else who “fell down the meth hole”—an exemplary longtime AIDS survivor, a famous AIDS doctor, the most-lusted-after young man in the old days of ACT UP. The gay leadership spoke of meth as “a second epidemic.” The press ran stories with titles like “The Dance of Death,” “The Meth-Gay Sex Nightmare,” “The Beast in the Bathhouse.” PSAs in gay neighborhoods in New York City read “Huge Sale! Buy crystal, get HIV Free!” Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) meetings were known as a great place to cruise.
The “meth hole” referred not only to addiction but also to the unique way gay men expressed it. We were typically using this cheap, powerful and long-lasting stimulant for long-lasting, powerful and risky sex. The marathon bouts of team sex afforded by this toxic mix of drain cleaner, acetone and fertilizer are still, a decade later, the stuff of legend. Its ruin of lives is the stuff of legend, too.
“This is the most destructive drug I have ever dealt with,” said gay San Francisco psychologist Walt Odets, a leading HIV prevention advocate. “It gives people a sense of empowerment but soon their lives unravel. Even the patients who use it very infrequently, like once or twice a month, find that before too long it starts to characterize their lives.”
In 2004, urban gay men used crystal meth at a rate five to 10 times higher than other categories of users. A2004 study found that 10% of us reported having done meth in the past six months; among gay youth (15 to 22), the rate was 20%. In 2006, the rate creeped up, between 12% and 30%, according to one study, while another clocked in at 7.2%. The numbers in no way added up to an epidemic. After all, the vast majority of people who use drugs do not become addicted, and gay men who use crystal are no exception. But given the drug-sex-HIV link, all the drama was really about a “second epidemic” of AIDS.
Data from studies helped reinforced the alarm. Guys who were HIV positive were using meth at twice the rate of HIV negative men, and they formed the core of the meth-sex underground. The biggest study found that a meth user had a 50% greater risk of getting HIV than a nonuser. A 2004 study of gay men tested for HIV found that users tested positive at a rate three times that of nonusers (6.3% compared to 2.1%). Other studies found a tight correlation between frequency of use and HIV infection.
Within the gay community, little sympathy for these men was in evidence. Ever since AIDS hit in the early 1980s, the excesses of gay liberation have been condemned as its cause, often by those who had once been ardent enthusiasts. Whenever there are reports that a segment of the community is attempting to revive these disavowed erotic traditions, a moral panic is swiftly mobilized, directing spleen at these naughty boys.
In 2004, extreme measures were briefly discussed, including public shaming of men who were low-level meth dealers or who hosted frequent parties. Larry Kramer, the community’s elder statesman, gave a much-discussed speech in which he yelled at the audience, “You are still murdering each other. Please stop with all the…excuses gays have used since the beginning to ditch responsibility for this fact.”
Amidst all the hubbub, two startling facts were often overlooked: Most meth users were in their 30s or older, and the average age of a gay man newly infected with HIV had risen to 40. The drug had laid its fiercest claim on the gay men who, like Thom Gunn, had lived through the AIDS crisis and might have been expected to express their gratitude for survival very differently. Anti-meth PSAs launched by activist Peter Staley
A Gay Way of Using Drugs
Gay men use drugs at a rate two to six times that of straight men, according to a 1995 study. Researchers generally lump substance use and misuse with the many other health disparities of gay men, such as childhood abuse, violence victimization, teen homelessness, suicidality and a 60 times greater risk of HIV. These are generally understood as the result of pervasive homophobia.
But being hated can foster resilience. The world built by gay liberation in the 1970s was an act of unprecedented resilience. Sexual freedom, expression, pleasure and a sublime shamelessness were the bedrock value around which social life was organized. Gunn’s utopian vision of a New Jerusalem and “a community of the carnal heart” captured what was best in this world.
Bars, bathhouses and sex clubs were our town halls and academies, and dance parties were our church. Drugs were threaded throughout this social-sexual fabric. They enhanced pleasure, dissolved boundaries and merged the lonely individual with the tribal spirit. Of his experience of dancing and drugging in the 1970s, distinguished New York City art critic Douglas Crimp wrote, “You pass a point where you’re beyond tired, beyond pain, beyond even thinking about stopping, thinking only that this could go on forever and you’d love it. It’s pure ecstasy. Nothing matters but disco—not sex, not food, not sleep, nothing—and nothing is better.”
The ’70s disco parties eked out the AIDS years as circuit parties, weekend-long events where the dancing begins peaking at 4 am and does not end for another 12 hours. Thousands of men attend, paying hundreds of dollars. The spectacle is fantastic and electrifying. Drug use is intense. A 2003 study at one party found that a majority of guys reported taking two or three drugs. A study last year found that when asked what they intended to use at one weekend party, top choices included: GHB (86%), cocaine (84%), ecstasy (83%), crystal meth (78%), marijuana (73%), ketamine (67%), Viagra (65%) and poppers (51%).
Even more striking is the social dynamic. A large number of guys attend not alone or in couples but in small groups, posses of friends who travel together, dance together, do drugs together, sometimes have sex together and, to a considerable extent, take care of one another, maximizing group fun by minimizing individual risk. Most guys take meth and then leave it when the dancing ends. This is what researchers mean by “a gay way of using drugs.”
Meth Sex and Pure Ecstasy
But there is another gay way of using meth. ”For HIV negative men, crystal is about socialization—about meeting guys, maybe having sex, but mainly to overcome social anxiety,” said Perry Halkitis, a veteran gay-health researcher at New York University. “For HIV positive men, crystal is specifically about sex, about feeling hot, desirable, and finding a mental space where there is no HIV.”
Words tend to fail former users when they try to describe their in-the-moment experience of meth sex’s otherworldly pleasures. Meth sex is so distinct and exalted that it has earned its own tags on Internet hookup sites: “party and play,” “chem sex,” “pig sex,” “tweaked sex,” etc.
“When you’re on meth, you really only want to have sex,” says T.G., a New York City artist who was addicted to meth for a year and a half before kicking it in 2011 with the help of CMA. “I once fucked someone for nine hours and felt like I was on the edge of coming the whole time.”
The drug heightens everything—your senses, sexual desire, stamina, self-esteem and shamelessness. “Meth is for kinky guys with hang-ups,” says E.M., a video artist who began using heroin when his lover died in the late 1980s and later moved on to meth, hustling, homelessness, suicide attempts and prison in California. He now has four years’ clean and lives with his dogs out in the sticks. “They’d let me piss on them, fist them, spank them, doing all the stuff they are too afraid to ask for sober. It is a drug for those who need an earthquake to bring down the wall.”
Meth sex often proceeds from fucking to fisting. The drug both blunts pain and sharpens sensitivity. It can also cause erectile dysfunction, known in the trade as “crystal dick,” although Caverject and Trimix injectables may remedy the problem. Fists and toys fulfill and prolong male fascination with penetration.
The fucking is natural, skin to skin, no condom. “The sex was always bareback and disclosure seemed absurd,” says K.M., a writer, anti-meth activist and long-term AIDS survivor in Washington, D.C., who started using not long after he tested positive in the mid-1980s when he was in his late 30s. “Condoms were never even discussed.” E.M. says. “The risk of exposure to the virus was accepted as a matter of course.”
“The transgressive quality [of the sex] is not necessarily a major aspect of the gratification,” wrote Jeffrey Guss, a professor of psychiatry at the New York University medical school, in 2001’s aptly titled “Sex Like You Can’t Even Imagine: ‘Crystal,’ Crack and Gay Me.” “Instead, the core desired experience is the apparently magical deliverance from inhibitions brought on by shame, feelings of inadequacy, self-fragmentation…into a predictably intense, sexual trance state of extended duration.”
Like disco dancing, these dopamine-fueled orgies can take you “beyond tired, beyond pain, beyond thinking of ever stopping—pure ecstasy,” Guss writers. The longest E.M. ever spent at a sex party was five days. The largest party he ever attended involved 24 men. Easy access to a sustained state of ecstasy and trance can be irresistible, as long as your money, health and mind hold out. The Black Party in New York City
Pain of the Past, Fear of the Future
Methamphetamine took hold in urban gay communities in the late 1990s, soon after the first effective HIV drugs converted many death sentences and restored our generation to so-called normal life. Caring for the sick, burying friends and lovers, mourning the loss of entire sexual and social networks, and protesting in the streets had consumed much of our youth. Investment in the future, career building, saving money and all the other rigmarole of a middle-class US life had been jettisoned. The end of the crisis also meant an end to the intense sense of purpose and solidarity. Normal life could not compete.
Few had imagined that survival would prove a mixed blessing. In 1991, clinical psychotherapist Walt Odets attempted to alert gay and AIDS leaders to what he called “the psychological epidemic” resulting from this generation’s immersion in death. “Many potential survivors will not ultimately survive because of the self-destructive behaviors that guilt, depression and anxiety motivate,” he wrote. “For those who will survive in a biological sense, there is already an immense amount of psychological damage wrought by the HIV epidemic. If we are not able to adequately address the issues of HIV negative men the costs may be unendurable.”
By 2004, this psychological damage was increasingly hard to ignore. Many survivors, especially those who had HIV, had classic symptoms of PTSD, including problematic use of meth. NYU’s Halkitis found that the rate of PTSD among gay men in his studies was between 15% and 24%, “on par with prevalence estimates of PTSD among those who have experienced [other] traumatic events.” Not surprisingly, HIV positive men who had been diagnosed before the appearance of effective combination treatment in 1996—“a group who should have died but somehow managed to survive into older adulthood”—had the most severe symptoms.
“Here we were, all of a sudden having to deal with the fact that we’re going to live, and we’re dealing with midlife crises at the same time, because we’re turning 40,” Peter Staley, an AIDS survivor and activist who got addicted to meth in the late 1990s, told PBS in an interview for the 2005 Frontline documentary The Meth Epidemic. “I mean, we have to be upfront about the fact that this is a heavily damaged group of men.” Staley braved the stigma of being the community’s first “face of meth addiction” and paid out of his own pocket for the “Buy crystal, get HIV” PSAs.
AIDS PTSD takes many insidious forms. For T.G., survivor guilt and the lingering conviction that being gay equaled having HIV combined with meth when he got infected in his late 30s. “Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s there was this feeling that eventually we were all going to die,” he says. “Even if we were testing negative we weren’t going to see 40. It was only a matter of time before we all get infected.”
The Death of Sex
The most wrenching work of recovery is, for many, accepting the loss of the intensities and intimacies of meth sex. In CMA, newcomers are advised that abstinence from sex may need to last many months. “You get to a point where you want to have sex, and you relapse,” Staley said. “You go back to the drug in order to have sex. This is one of the reasons getting off the drug for many gay men is very, very hard.”
In a social world permeated with sex and the constant crackle of cruising, the feeling that your own sexuality is dangerous or damaged can be a lonely one. Some guys may be able to deploy skills acquired over years of negotiating condom use and HIV status disclosure. But others must simply grieve for the death of sex. The idea of returning to condom use is the final nail in that particular coffin. “There’s no way to beat addiction without acknowledging that you will never have that kind of sex again—and mourning that loss,” Halkitis said.
Yet the advent of PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, a once-daily dose of HV medication, may prove to lessen that sense of loss and serve as a bulwark against relapse. And this is only one of numerous Gordian knots of HIV prevention that PrEP might help cut by liberating the pleasures of natural fucking from fears of infection. (It must be noted that PrEP is officially recommended to be usedonly with condoms.) Equally valid and valuable, in my unscientific view, would be experimenting with its use as a “party drug” to be taken in the days before and after high-risk activities.
Ever since the vast majority of gay men with HIV have been on effective medication and the level of virus in their blood approaches nil, being “undetectable” is, scientifically if not yet socially, understood as “noninfectious.” The synergy between PrEPing and undetectability, if widely supported as effective risk reduction and adopted community wide, may finally end the treacherous complicity between eroticism and mortality imposed by AIDS. “On PrEP” and “undetectable” have already entered the lexicon of gay hookup websites. Even the CDC has retired the term “unprotected sex” in favor of “condomless sex.”
Yes, there are risks to depending on PrEP as prevention. But there are risks to having sex, period.
Guys in recovery often speak of having to confront guilt and shame in the aftermath of addiction. “Different kinds of moral corruption are a common facet of the drug,” says K.M. “I always went for the younger guys at the party. I probably infected at least one of them, and I have to live with that.”
Getting infected can also feel like a kind of moral corruption, says T.G. “It was easier to tell people that I was a drug addict than to tell them that I was now positive,” he says. “A lot of the shame I felt was me beating myself up for getting HIV after so many years of being safe.”
T.G., K.M. and E.M. have, in their recovery, demonstrated remarkable resilience. They survived the AIDS crisis in their 20s and addiction in their 30s or 40s; now, in middle age, they are staring down both HIV infection and the aging process with clear eyes. That trajectory may seem extreme, but it is the life course of many in my generation. These three men have unique strengths that no doubt account for much of their resilience, and having been activists when young, they may have formed a wavering faith in something greater than themselves. Call it a community of the heart, carnal or otherwise.
Shamelessness Has a Revival
Since 2004 meth use has declined by at least half in the gay community. In a big CDC study, in 2004 the rate of use among gay men in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City was 22%, 16% and 14%, respectively; in 2008 the rates had fallen to 13%, 13% and 6%, respectively. In 2011, that 50% decline was holding steady.
Some researchers say that the passage of a federal lawrestricting access to meth’s primary precursor, pseudoephedrine, may explain the drop in use. Others say that community-wide prevention messages stigmatizing meth have succeeded. However, there is anecdotal evidence that, oddly, gay men in their 50s and those in their late teens and early 20s are the two groups in which meth use decline may have slowed or stopped. The older users may include many who have longstanding addictions and cycle in and out of recovery.
It is worth remarking that ours is the first generation of openly gay men to reach middle age, let alone to have a reasonable expectation of seeing 70. Thom Gunn’s generation, most of them, died before they were 50. A younger generation has the traditional gay health disparities but no knowledge of AIDS except as a treatable condition. Their risk of HIV remains high, though, with worst-case estimates that as many as 41% will be infected by age 40, an intolerable prospect made more likely by meth misuse. Mindful of the chronic failures of prevention focused only on those who have “the problem”—the HIV infected, say, or the meth addicted—veteran community researchers like Halkitis, Odets and Ron Stall, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, are spearheading efforts to define and mine resilience.
“Why have we only been studying the party boys who get into trouble and make the front page of The New York Times?” Stall said in a 2011 speech at the University of Connecticut’s Center for Health Intervention and Prevention. “Shouldn’t we be looking at the guys who use meth in a self-monitoring way? Or who are quitting meth? Or who never touch the stuff? How do these guys pull this off in the middle of a meth epidemic?”
Ultimately, Stall wants to revive gay liberation’s embrace of shamelessness as a value. “Shamelessness is usually framed as a fault, but I think it’s a strength,” he said. “It’s the ability to say to the homophobic world, ‘I will not let you shame me in public, and if you try, I’m going to turn it around and make it so that you look like the asshole.’” Older gay men who have made it this far have, of necessity, developed resilience. Stall’s hope is that these geezer “skill sets” can be named and shared with young men who are just starting out as the first gay generation to have reason to believe in a future.
Together with the advent of “undetectability as the new negative” and PrEP, sexual freedom may once again be liberated from the medical and moral shackles of AIDS. Some of us oldsters indulge the fantasy that Thom Gunn’s utopian vision of a New Jerusalem will glitter again, in some revised fashion. But that is for future gay generations alone to decide.
a variety of brand names including Liquid Gold and Rush.
What are poppers?
Poppers are liquids containing chemical compounds from the alkyl nitrite family. It’s rare these days they contain real amyl nitrite, until recently they were more likely to contain butyl or isobutyl nitrite. Now isopropyl nitrite is more common.
Poppers are sold in small bottles and the fumes are breathed in, usually through the nose, sometimes through the mouth or from a piece of cloth onto which the liquid has been poured. The fumes have been described as smelling like old socks.
The name comes from the small glass containers amyl nitrite used to come in which popped when broken open.
What’s the attraction?
The fumes cause blood vessels to open, giving an instant rush that:
sends blood to the head
lowers blood pressure
relaxes muscle, especially the sphincter muscle in the arse hole
gives a short-lived dizzy, light-headed and excited feeling.
The heart beats harder, and the face and chest redden for a few minutes. It can give a rush when dancing, enhancing music, lights and the effects of dance drugs.
Poppers and sex
Poppers can make someone feel hornier or make orgasms more intense. The smell alone can become closely linked with sex in the user’s mind.
Poppers relax the sphincter muscle, making it easier to be fucked or fisted. They can make it hard to keep an erection. As they can affect the ability to use a condom and stay hard, it can help to put one on before the first hit of poppers.
The effects can be strong enough to lower inhibitions and cloud judgement about safer sex. Studies have shown using poppers when being fucked without a condom makes it more likely HIV is passed on. This maybe because poppers cause blood vessels in the lining of the arse to open wider, making this lining more prone to bleeding during fucking. They may also make rough sex (and bleeding in the arse) more likely. Poppers might also make the immune system weaker for short time, leaving someone more open to picking up HIV.
A new kind of poppers replaced the old type in 2007. People have reported skin burns and problems with their vision after using them. These symptoms go away after a few days.
It is not to be confused with the American use of ‘speed’, as in the US this often means crystal meth.
What is speed?
Speed is a stimulant. It is normally a white-ish powder usually cut with things like talc or caffeine.
It’s mostly sniffed through a straw or rolled up bank note; put on the tongue; rubbed into the gums; wrapped in cigarette paper then swallowed (called a speed bomb); or mixed in a drink. Swallowing means the effects take longer to start but last longer, and it doesn’t damage the nose like sniffing can. Sometimes it’s smoked from a pipe or foil, or mixed with water then injected.
Speed makes the brain release feel-good chemicals (dopamine and serotonin) and the stress hormone norepinephrine.
What’s the attraction?
Speed can make you alert, talkative and confident, lower inhibitions, raise your mood and give increased energy. It allows you to go without sleep or food (leading to weight loss) or do repetitive tasks for a long time.
Effects can last three to six hours.
Speed and sex
Speed can make the dick feel less sensitive and make it harder to come. This can lead to longer fucking sessions that make the dick and arse sore or bleed. This inflamed or broken skin increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections (HIV, hepatitis C and other STIs) passing from one man to another.
Although speed is well-known for stopping men getting erections, Viagra and speed taken together put real stress on the heart.
The only thing higher on marijuana than Colorado’s citizens is the revenue gained by the state for legalizing it. Unlike gay marriage, legalizing recreational weed has monetary benefits, so I expect other states to become hip to Colorado and Washington’s jive in a hurry. Alaska and Oregon are already on board. Like gay marriage however, these laws can have an effect on your romantic life.
Before long, marijuana, like alcohol, will be available for those of you 21 and over to pick up on your drive home from work where you can snuggle up for an evening with your sweetie. Then, with your newly legalized and government grade substance, you can choose to get high, watch Netflix, order take out that tastes better than ever, and have sex.
For some, this will only be different because it’s legal, but for others it may be the first time they’ve considered the option.
An educated decision is always best. The following are the pros and cons to weigh when deciding whether or not to combine weed and sex.
1. Body High
High: Maybe the most obvious benefit of having sex while high is the body high. Pun intended, you’ll be highly aware of your senses. You can close your eyes and experience every touch, movement, temperature, sound, and smell and feel the effects rush through every corner of your nervous system for a sensual feast the likes of which are difficult to imagine in your mundane corporeal state!
This can also make up for some other inadequacies or insecurities in the size and/or technique department.
Low: It’s possible that while you’re in your blissful stupor, you’ll be a dead fish in that you’re just lying there hardly moving. Even if you are outside of your head, weed can lower your energy levels.
If you’re the type for rough, cardio-style sex, this might not be ideal. For men, the sensory surplus can also lead to climaxing faster than anyone would prefer.
2. Creativity
High: Some of that jazz cigarette is going to go straight to your brain. This may well give you a few ideas on how to improvise in the bedroom. “What if we put my leg here, you turn around, and I’ll get on this knee? You don’t need the Niña, The Pinta, or the Santa Maria to go exploring, but they may be good names for whatever positions you’re inventing.
Or you’ll smoke some Jasmine and you’ll be shown a new fantastic point of view! You’ll notice how sexy it is when they put their hand on your hips and how intuitive they are with your body. You’ll notice the glistening sweat as they work to please you and marvel at their athletisism.
This is when you’ll have an epiphany and get in touch with yourself while you rethink the meaning of life. If you’re experiencing a body high, you may find your favorite position, connect with your partner on a spiritual level, and fall in love.
Low: You made it all up in your head and that sex god you fell in love with is a horrible lay. Out of shape and sweating profusely they lean on you for support while trying not to faint from exhaustion. This is the same side of the same coin. You just mistook the penny for a quarter.
And that position you made up? That was basically doggy style, but the guy had his leg up like Captain Morgan. The only difference is that you’re sore from all of the other positions you put yourself in before you settled on the modified old standby. Columbus was wrong too, don’t feel too bad.
3. Self-Esteem
High: The calming effect of weed can work wonders to free you of your inhibitions between the sheets. Perhaps you’ll finally be able to ignore the way your stomach looks with your legs over your head. Who cares? Take comfort in knowing that if they’re high too, they’re not going to care either. So what if your room is a mess and you just broke the bedside lamp. Don’t worry, be happy: This is the stoner way.
Low: Or, you’re a paranoid mess. You can’t help but be over critical of yourself and think you’ve done something terribly wrong. You haven’t groomed your nethers recently and are going to be dumped on the spot. What made you think you’d get away with eating Taco Bell earlier? Are they are freaked out as you are!? Stop staring!
4. Tastes
High: Maybe you and your partner have not always been overzealous about oral sex, but now’s the time to throw caution to the wind and dive in because it’s never going to taste any better. Sure it’s going to get a little messy, but just like wings and ribs, it’s going to be a finger licking good time if you’ve smoked.
Low: One thing that irrevocably does not taste better is your breath. It’s possible you’re going to also have chapped lips and dry mouth as well, which may make you more keen to get a little moisture in your mouth, which again can be a positive.
5. Low Sperm Count
High: Medically speaking, smoking weed has been shown to reduce the sperm count of men. Which is great if you don’t want to get pregnant!
Low: Which is bad if you’re trying to get pregnant.
Weed affects everyone differently. There are also hundreds of different strains of weed that will also have variations among them.
It’s always best to do this for the first time with someone you’re comfortable with, and it’s also recommended that both of you partake to increase the likelihood of good things happening. Remember, as a rule, everything in moderation. Be safe and have fun!
The scientific name for marijuana is cannabis. The plant appears to have originated in Central and South Asia and was called ganjika (later ganja) in Sanskrit. Humans have consumed cannabis for medicinal and spiritual use throughout Europe and Asia as far back as 12,000 years ago.
The weed you smoke today comes from two different species: Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica. Sativa is known for a more mental and emotional cerebral high. Indica is known for a physical and relaxing body high. Often, strains of marijuana are hybrids of sativa and india strains to achieve both kinds of highs.
Marijuana was illegal in the United States by the early 20th century. Political leaders claimed marijuana, which was popular among Mexican immigrants, would lead to rape, murder and homosexuality.
2. Why does marijuana get you high?
The main active ingredient in cannabis is called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. THC attaches to special receptors in your brain responsible for regulating stress, hunger, memory and mood. This leads to people feeling relaxed and happier. Perhaps to combat the stress that comes with being a sexual minority, LGBT people report higher rates of marijuana use than heterosexuals.
Sensory stimulation — touch, taste, sounds, smells, sights — becomes more pleasurable. In studies from the 1980s, subjects reported heightened sexual sensations and orgasms when high.
Art, music, television and movies are more enjoyable and meaningful; creativity and insight are often enhanced. LGBT icon Lady Gaga has said she smokes “a lot of pot” when writing songs.
3. What are the risks of marijuana?
But the pleasure of THC also comes with some potential downsides. Blood vessels in your body open up, making your eyes red and leaving you feeling faint. It disrupts your short-term memory and problem-solving abilities. Many report marijuana addiction reduced their productivity levels at work and school.
Studies also show THC can increase paranoia. Also, there’s some evidence that people predisposed to schizophrenia are more likely to develop the disease earlier if they use cannabis. However, it’s still unclear how much pot actually causes schizophrenia or if people with the disorder are simply more likely to use the drug. Still, it’s advised that people younger than 25 generally avoid the drug as their brains are still developing.
However, compared to other recreational drugs, scientists deem marijuana much safer. Smoking marijuana does not appear to increase lung cancer risk. No fatal overdoses have been recorded. And it’s much less toxic and addictive than the alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, meth and pain killers that the LGBT community abuses at higher rates. There’s still a lot more study that needs to be done on marijuana, but for the most part, it seems many people can enjoy normal lives using the drug recreationally in moderation.
4. Does marijuana really have medicinal value?
The United States has approved the use of THC for AIDS patients in order to increase appetite and reduce nausea. In recent years, many are calling for the United States to loosen its laws to study how marijuana could treat other diseases. Even CNN’s Sanjay Gupta is on board.
There’s emerging evidence that these compounds can fight a large range of illnesses, including PTSD, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, glaucoma and arthritis. It may even stop or kill certain cancers. However, due to its status as an illegal drug, there have been no large clinical trials conducted to test its effectiveness treating these diseases. (Although certain lawmakers want to change that.)
5. But … does marijuana make you gay?
In a recent Reddit thread, straight-identified men claimed smoking weed opened them up to exploring gay sex. While there’s no scientific evidence that getting high causes homosexual feelings, there is some evidence getting high increases libido. Along with increased sensuality and feelings of well-being, enjoying marijuana with some buddies could be a fun, sexy time for all.
So if you decide to partake in the holiday, educate yourself so you can make the best decisions for you. Start slowly, don’t drive and wait a few hours before deciding to do more. And if you’re worried about addiction, find a well-reviewed physician who understands the science of marijuana. Other than that, we say stock up on some munchies, movies and music, invite over some friends and enjoy!
Need something to entertain you this 420? Concerned about the effects of marijuana on your body and brain? Watch Xander get high and Alex explain what’s going on.
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English Premium Poppers – Review English Premium Poppers are from the good ol’ U.K. Nothing gets by the Brits, they make poppers to rival any American Poppers bar none, and this one sure proves it!
There are only so many opportunities in life to experience the highest levels of pleasure. Walking on the wilder side of aromatherapy can give you one to remember for a lifetime. If you want to enjoy the enticement of a tried-and-true classic, let English Premium Poppers provide an instant rush of pure, surging English power from the moment the classic room aroma fills the air. These are quite simply the “dogs bollocks” of any European brand (as Brits would say) which simply put means they totally ROCK Man! They are in a league of there own, hence the Gold Premium Label. This one is quite literally English Poppers on steroids or another way of saying it is “quite simply magic in a bottle” that just keeps on giving and giving! Yes, English Premium Poppers not only have a special potency to them but the duration factor, in literal spades. This is strong but it’s likely going to be one of the longest lasting with the best effect, you will want to come back for time and again.
English Premium Poppers large bottle can go a VERY long way and, we’ve found, that it doesn’t lose it’s strength over time. We would not recommend holding onto it for months, but it will last and hold it’s potency for a good amount of time. It is no wonder this one is highly sort after as one of those special edition type poppers. It’s instantly become one of our favorites. These move are not easy to come by and often go out of stock due to how special they actually are.
If you haven’t tried English Premium Poppers before, do it now. The Brits know how to make the best and the right product.
Hell Fire Poppers – Review Hell Fire Poppers comes packaged in a sleek racing black and red bottle, complete with flames, just the anticipation of what’s inside is almost enough!
Hell Fire Poppers pack a serious punch, along the lines of Hardware Poppers or Quicksilver Poppers. They also have a nice, not completely overpowering aroma, and a decent duration to them. We definitely recommend checking this one out!
So here’s the skinny on the NEW Hell Fire Poppers. Again, these come hot off the assembly line and they are flying off the shelves.
The guys we get these from have an awesome range of ORIGINAL products, killer prices and an incredible record of returning happy customers. If you’re looking fo a ‘sure fire favorite’ poppers that you can get for super great value and price, this is definitely one to check out.
Jungle Juice Black Poppers – Review Jungle Juice Black Poppers the New BLACK LABEL from Jungle Juice are known by many to be one of the best poppers on the market, not merely because of how potently strong but because of their duration to last. Thanks to there staying power , you can’t complain at there price because you really do get more bang for your buck, more time for that ride. The prime reason for this is that Jungle Juice Black Poppers contain Amyl and not isobutyl nitrite that you find in most of the others. With Amyl poppers, and this particular extreme formula the experience is completely different and, to many, much better. As far as we are concerned Jungle Juice Black Poppers is an incredible aroma, that delivers time and again, and hard to beat!
There are also several different varieties of Jungle Juice poppers to confuse you if you’re new to poppers. There is also Jungle Juice Platinum, Jungle Juice Blue, and Jungle Juice Plus WTF, right? Well, we can tell you that they all great and rock and have staying power as good as any other poppers on the market. There are just subtle differences in the various aromas and you’ll really just have to pick out your favorite of the bunch. The Jungle Juice Plus is a standing favorite amongst so many and is quite powerful. But Jungle Jungle Platinum is by far the most popular Jungle Juice of all and our TOP selling aroma, that lasts and lasts.
Jungle Juice Blue Poppers – Review Jungle Juice Blue Poppers are marketed as a “limited edition” Aroma by the makers of Jungle Juice, but we prefer to look at them as being somewhat “special” or “unique” in there aroma blend.
Jungle Juice Blue Poppers are fairly new to the market and have only been around for the last few years. This unique jungle juice potent blend packs quite a punch and is distinct in aroma. It is more powerful that a lot of other regular blends, and lasts a decent amount of time. Even though it’s supposed to be a limited edition, it’s actually proved so popular that it’s remained in circulation due to popular demand.
Now, a lot of guys swear by them, were as others don’t notice that much of a difference other than the variation in aroma. Either way, they pack the punch that all Jungle Juice blends guarantee. So overall in our book your on to a sure fire winner!
Jungle Juice Gold Poppers – Review
Jungle Juice GOLD Label Poppers are known by many to be one of the best poppers on the market, not only because of their potency but because of there reputation as being a more hardcore special edition formula from the world wide famous Jungle Juice brand.
When it comes to setting the mood, go for the gold with Jungle Juice Gold Label Poppers 10ml Solvent Cleaner. The Gold label is one of the most extreme formulas available setting an intense mood and packing a punch unlike a lot of other liquid aromas available. This one has been praised by the hardest of critics, Jungle Juice Gold Label Poppers has been one of the most popular and special aromas available from Jungle Juice, and not one that is easily come buy. It is one of those rarer blends that you want to pick up whenever you get the chance.
Thanks to there staying power and strength, you get more bang for your buck, more time to enjoy, you get the picture.
There are also several different varieties of Jungle Juice poppers to confuse you if you’re new to poppers. There is also Jungle Juice Platinum, Jungle Juice Blue, and Jungle Juice Black WTF, right? Well, we can tell you that they all great and rock and have staying power as good as any other poppers on the market. There are just subtle differences in the various aromas and you’ll really just have to pick out your favorite of the bunch. The new Jungle Juice Gold Label Poppers is a special blend and very concentrated and powerful. But Jungle Jungle Platinum is by far the most popular Jungle Juice of all and our TOP selling aroma, that lasts and lasts.
Jungle Juice Plus Poppers – Review
Jungle Juice Plus Poppers are known by many to be one of the best poppers on the market, not only because of their potency but because of their duration. Thanks to there staying power , you get more bang for your buck, more time for that ride, you get the picture. Well, the prime reason for this is that Jungle Juice Plus Poppers contain Amyl and not isobutyl nitrite that you find in most of the others. With Amyl poppers, the experience is completely different and, to many, better. To us Jungle Juice Plus Poppers is a standing favorite amongst many, that delivers time and again, so be sure to check it out.
There are also several different varieties of Jungle Juice poppers to confuse you if you’re new to poppers. There is also Jungle Juice Platinum, Jungle Juice Blue, and Jungle Juice Black WTF, right? Well, we can tell you that they all great and rock and have staying power as good as any other poppers on the market. There are just subtle differences in the various aromas and you’ll really just have to pick out your favorite of the bunch. The new Jungle Juice Black Label is an export strength and very concentrated and powerful. But Jungle Jungle Platinum is by far the most popular Jungle Juice of all and our TOP selling aroma, that lasts and lasts.
Jungle Juice Platinum Poppers – Review Jungle Juice Platinum Poppers is by far not only the best top selling poppers sold, not merely because of how potently strong but because of their duration to last. These really do last, they are incredibly powerful and strong and for the price they are great bang for your buck. The main reason for there popularity is that Jungle Juice Platinum Poppers contain Amyl and not isobutyl nitrite that you find in most of the others. With Amyl poppers, and this platinum formula the experience is completely different and, far better. As far as HisPoppers are concerned Jungle Juice Platinum Poppers is a tried and true aroma, that delivers and delivers, and delivers! Get the jist!
As you may be aware there are also several different varieties of Jungle Juice poppers to confuse you if you’re new to poppers. There is also Jungle Juice Black, Jungle Juice Blue, and Jungle Juice Plus? Well, we can tell you that they all great and rock and have staying power as good as any other poppers on the market. There are just subtle differences in the various aromas and you’ll really just have to pick out your particular favorite of the bunch. The Jungle Juice Plus is a standing favorite amongst so many and is quite powerful. But Jungle Jungle Black is by far the most potent extreme formula and the most powerful aroma of the bunch, which packs a punch and lasts and lasts.
Leather Eagle Poppers – Review Leather Eagle Poppers are a tried and true favorite of the San Francisco Leather community and rightly so: These have a robust strong aroma that packs a lasting punch which the leather community demands and requires for those long sessions . You’ll feel the pleasure no matter what your fetish. This Leather Eagle Poppers Cleaner is always raring to perform as it has for years. As they say, “Pleasure your leather” with Leather Eagle, …..definitely for the more discerning, hardcore individuals.
The packaging is actually quite cool – the eagle and the orange, black and blue are all synonymous with the leather community, its no wonder its popular with this hardcore crowd. As for the liquid aroma itself, it’s actually very good indeed, not surprising. It’s extremely potent, comes on pretty quick and has a nice duration to it. Definitely one worth repeating or trying out if you haven’t done so yet.
The guys we get this from have an awesome range of ORIGINAL products, killer prices and an incredible record of returning happy customers. If you’re looking for a hardcore long session power popper that you can get for super great value and price, this is definitely one to check out.
Locker Room Poppers – Review Locker Room Poppers are a favorite of many and for good reason. They’re potent as hell! Seriously, if you don’t like the super strong poppers, stay away from this one. Made by PWD, who makes others popular brands like Rush, Ram, Bolt, and Quicksilver, Locker Room Poppers have a super kick to them that will knock you flat on your ass if you’re not ready for it.
Locker Room Poppers come on pretty fast with a powerful effect and can last upto 5 minutes or more, which is a good amount of time for a really strong popper. So, why choose this one? Well, a lot folks like to be knocked on our assess every now and then and for good reason. These are for all those “seasoned” poppers aficionados who are always looking for the ones with the biggest kick. Well, this is a contender for sure.
These have been around for a long time and they might not be as popular as some other brands, but they are great and well worth it.
Pig Sweat Poppers – Review Pig Sweat Poppers has been around for a long, long time. As they say, not all poppers blends are made the same or for the masses, and this would be one of them. Pig Sweat doesn’t even sound that inviting to some poeple because of the nature of the name but to die hard fans, and hardcore men, it’s a super cool label.
Pig Sweat Poppers blend is popular with those guys who enjoy the “rough and ready” aroma that it emits as well as it’s strength. Not surprising this one continues to be a favorite amongst the Leather Men and the fetish community. Pig Sweat does put out a rather strong animal instinct kinda scent that is not for everyone, but those that do like it, it’s a guaranteed favorite. The effects are very powerful and enjoyable but not something that everyone might want as an everyday popper or for frequently use, it’s more of for that special piggy moment, if you get our drift, hence the name. This is one you would pull on the shelf for when the mood for something “wild” strikes you.
All we can tell you is, this is an aquired taste, so if you are from the Leather or Hardcore Fetish community, you are probably going to rate this even higher, as a tried and true special aroma, always to have on hand for that ultimate pig pleasure.
PWD Rush Poppers – Review Rush Poppers is synonymous with all people who know poppers and aromas. When anyone hears the word “poppers“, most people think of PWD Rush Poppers in the signature yellow and red bottle because it’s probably the most famous and recognizeable brand and bottle in the world.
So are Rush Poppers popular just because of that fact? That’s always a possibility. Actually, they have been around a really long time. The stuff works like a real charm, no question about that, these are the cloud 9 type – just not for long. That’s the problem with most poppers – staying power. Rush isn’t really at the top of the game as far as staying power goes but it is still one of the best ones on the market and a running favorite with a lot of people everywhere.
The interesting thing about Rush Poppers is – there are a shitload of fakes out there so be careful who you buy from. PWD has gone to pains to make their bottles and their labeling unique. We ONLY Sell the ORIGINAL hologram seal, Rush Poppers which contain isobutyl nitrite. So if you haven’t tried them yet, you must be one of the few people who hasn’t, so definitely grab some and you might put it at the top like so many others do.
PWD Super Rush Poppers – Review Super Rush Poppers and PWD the makers of it, who have been around for donkey’s years, have now come out with an even Stronger Rush Poppers formula, Called PWD Super Rush. This one contains Isobutyl and Cyclopentyl Nitrite. PWD only puts out great products and this one is a sure fire winner! Packaging is sleek with just a complete reversal of colors to the original Rush Poppers except more striking with being red!
PWD Super Rush Poppers are definitely a step up from the Original Rush poppers (but still try the original they are well worth the try, and for good reason). The aroma on these Super Rush Poppers isn’t overpowering and there isn’t really a specific aroma to describe it, just not obnoxious by any means. Also the duration of the effects are somewhat longer on this one than the original Rush poppers. That right there is the main big plus and also going to save you some cash in the long run.
So that’s the low down on the Brand NEW PWD Super Rush Poppers. These things are popular, distinct and a tried and true favorite to some.
Original Small Brown Bottle Poppers – Review Original Small Brown Bottle Poppers, also known as Original Brown Bottle Poppers or even Private Reserve poppers, this one goes back to the beginning – the age of disco, the 70’s and 80’s – and it’s still a winner today as it was back then.
There are so many great things about this one that it’s hard to know where to begin. First, let’s start with packaging/branding. There is none! That’s what’s cool about it, it’s simple, possibly the best known LOL – and it’s just a little original small brown bottle poppers with a black screw cap, very discreet. Next is the aroma – it actually has a bit of a fruity aroma but not overly sweet but what makes this “ROCK” is the power pack pellet inside. A lot just hate poppers that smell overly chemically and this one doesn’t really give that off. Finally, and most importantly is the effect – this one will rock your world! It has a very powerful effect that is absolutely fantastic. Many simply call it the good ol’ ju ju hence why we stock up on it.
The guys we get this from have an awesome range of ORIGINAL products, killer prices and an incredible record of returning happy customers. If you’re looking for a nice good ol’ popper that you can get for super great value and price, this is definitely one to keep around.
Taiwan Blue Poppers – Review Taiwan Blue Poppers are said by many to be “rare” and hard to come by, but we prefer to look at them as being instead rather “unique”. They are possibly the only Asian or oriental inspired poppers around.
Taiwan Blue Poppers is actually one of the original “aroma” formulas that goes back to the good ol’ disco days. It’s been popular in the U.S. for decades. Even though it’s not really “rare” so to speak, we actually still like this one quite a lot. It has a very clean and sweet aroma to it that is unique, which is the way we like to look at it. The effects are good but not overwhelming or the strongest on the market but the plus is they last a decent amount of time, hence why they have been around a long time.
Now, a lot of guys say that this stuff is “expensive but worth it”. Well, that’s not exactly true, we sell them for a lot less than everywhere else and at a very reasonable price. And, are they worth it, yes they are for sure! They might not be as popular as some other brands, but they are unique and well worth it.
