Lesbians like to party hard: they are more likely to take drugs, smoke, and binge drink, according to a new study by Australia?s Curtin University.
As first reported by the Gay Star News, the survey of almost 900 women found that lesbian and bisexual women use legal--and illegal--drugs more than the population average.
While 86 percent of the LB sample reported they drank alcohol, which is similar to the broader population, levels of risky drinking were higher: Nearly one third of the respondents were ?binge drinkers,? meaning they consumed very dangerous levels of alcohol on one sitting.
?The findings all help in building a picture of the community and provide direction to work with this community to improve their health,? Jude Comfort from the Western Australia Centre for Health Promotion Research told the Gay Star News.
Comfort added: ?Smoking rates that are twice the national average are a huge concern especially as tobacco smoking is the single most preventable cause of ill health and death in Australia.?
?We hope that this study will provide important guidance to future public health programs targeting the lesbian and bisexual women?s population. They also provide direction for further research to better understand the preventative health needs of this group,? she concluded.
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Read the full report here:
Women in contact with the Perth gay and lesbian community: Report of the Women?s Western Australian Sexual ...
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