Illicit drug use may lead to sex while sleeping

This brief article summarizes results from a study by Sharon A. Chung of the Sleep Research Laboratory in the department of psychiatry at the University Health Network in Toronto. The notable tidbits:

Almost 8% of 832 patients studied at a sleep disorders center reported bouts of sexsomnia -- having initiated sexual activity with a bed partner while asleep -- and the prevalence of the behavior was three times more common in men than women, Canadian researchers report...

People who reported sexsomnia, however, were twice as likely as other sleep center patients to admit to using illicit drugs (15.9% vs. 7.7%), the researchers say.