The Strange Link Between Attitudes Towards Sex and Drugs

Preferred mating strategies may influence attitudes to recreational drugs

According to recent research in evolutionary psychology, people’s attitudes towards recreational drug use are linked to their attitudes towards sexual promiscuity. According to this view, recreational drug use is generally perceived as fostering sexual promiscuity. Hence, those who disapprove of promiscuity tend to disapprove of recreational drug use, while those with more permissive sexual attitudes tend to be more permissive towards drug use. If this view is…