22 eye-opening facts about the porn industry – they don’t want you to ever know this! (With Pictures)

10. The Extreme Extent Of Drug And Alcohol Addiction

While there are no official statistics, a quick look at interviews from former and current adult film stars will paint a very clear picture of addiction. Jessica Neely, who may be better known by her name Angela Aspen, was once the most googled adult film star in the entire industry. But when she decided to step away, she admitted her own addictions, saying “I would pop as many pills as I could get my hands on, and then just drink and drink and drink, trying to overdose.”

Andi, another former star also said “I sadly discovered that drugs and drinking were part of the lifestyle. I began to drink and party of out control – cocaine, alcohol, and ecstasy were my favorites.”

It was also reported that performers are also at a higher risk to take more extreme drugs. “I have a feeling we’ve probably, as a demographic, tried skydiving more. We’ve probably tried monkey brains in South Africa more,” said performer Kayden Kross when trying to explain that adult entertainers are just bigger risk takers.

9. The Amount Of Health Checks

One of the biggest questions people have about the adult film industry is how often these people get tested for STDs. It is definitely a natural question to ask when you consider they are having sex with multiple people, sometimes in the same day. In the United States, the current testing policy is that performers must be checked every 14 days to make sure they are clean. This includes a screening for HIV, Trich, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Chlamydia, as well as Hepatitis A & B.

Despite this, back in 2016, a report was done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found “Adult film performers and production companies, medical providers and all persons at risk for HIV should be aware that testing alone is not sufficient to prevent HIV transmission.”

This came on the back of the news that a 25-year-old male performer had contracted HIV and put several people at risk, including infecting two other performers.

Many former performers have reported thinking that they were safe until they discovered they had contracted something. Other actresses have also reported that they have felt coerced to try and work with other performers that had known sexual diseases.