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October 2014 – Pornography is a matter of public health, according to Clay Olsen, executive director of Fight the New Drug, an organization raising awareness of the dangers of pornography.

Fight the New Drug uses innovative methods to communicate scientific facts gained from studies that analyze pornography addiction’s effects on the brain. Some of those studies found that chemicals are released in the neural pathways of the brain during the viewing of pornography and could eventually lead to a rewiring, similar to drug addiction, causing viewers to need increasingly more. “Studies have shown that individuals who regularly consume pornography can end up preferring the computer screen to a human being to get their sexual fix,” said Olsen.

In addition, recent findings reveal that nearly 90% of the 100 top pornographic films include physical aggression and violence toward women and children. Most experts agree that when consciences are seared or fantasies carried into real life, dangers to relationships and the health of our society as a whole are far reaching.

christianpost.com, 8/13/14