Sexual Orientations

Introduction Sexual orientation is traditionally defined as including heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, and only more recently, asexuality. Although not all non-binary categories of sexual orientation are fully accepted by all, there does exist many with which people identify. This research study will be focusing on the four main sexual orientations mentioned above. In the past several decades, research has shown that individuals who indentify as lesbian, gay and bisexual are at disproportionate risk for drug usage. With the recent addition of asexuality to the traditional definition of sexual orientation, there have not yet been many studies of drug usage which includes self-identified asexuals. The purpose of my study is to

Flyers with information of the study and link to the questionnaire will be posted and handed around the research settings. The link to the questionnaire will also be posted on social media sites with information on the study. The questionnaire focuses on drug use and its impact on the respondent's life. The first part of the questionnaire focuses on demographic characteristics and includes 6 questions. The second part examines drug use and frequency of drug use (if any) with 10 questions. The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) will also be used to evaluate drug abuse level of the respondent, the test includes 28

Education for this analysis did not need to be determined since all respondents were in post-secondary education at the time they completed the questionnaire. The respondent's employment was measured by whether or not they were currently employed, full-time or part-time. Religiosity was determined by being on 1 of 3 levels, the first being not at all religious, the second as somewhat religious and the last as very religious. Respondents also gave the number of children they have (if any). For this analysis, relationship status was defined by whether the respondent was currently married, engaged or in a committed relationship.

Sexual Identity Respondents selected 1 of 4 categories for sexual orientation — asexual (does not experience sexual attraction (or very little) to any group of people), bisexual (sexual attraction to people of their own gender as well as another), homosexual (sexually attracted to same sex), or heterosexual (sexually attracted to opposite sex). There is no "other" category since the respondents must be 1 of the 4 categories above.

Drug Use and