So this is all about drugs and alcohol encouraging sexual risk-taking? Now you've already made a basic error there. One of the fundamental principles expounded in this report is that any public health campaign, perhaps especially one aimed at young people, needs to understand the lives of those it is aimed at. And young people don't see themselves as taking risks; they are exploring and experimenting.
OK point taken. But nonetheless drugs and alcohol have an impact on sexual health. Oh absolutely. The experts of the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) on Sexual Health and HIV are in no doubt that drug and alcohol use play a significant part in sexual activity - whether it's beer goggles, Dutch courage, getting loved up on E or GHB. Public policy must not ignore the link between drugs and sex, say our experts.
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