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 Porn Star Mary Carey says in an interview with Luke Ford:

Mary says that both she and Tawny, another porn star, have xanax prescriptions "because we're both crazy. I can't sleep unless I take medication."

"When I'm sober, I get more anxious. When you are sober, you are forced to deal with reality. I get anxious about all the things I have to get done. When I was with Tawny all the time and we were drunk every day, I didn't do much. I'd wake up hung over and get ready to drink more. It's a great way to escape reality. When I'm drunk, I blow more money. When I'm sober, I don't want to spend my money."

"Being sober reminds me of when I was in high school and when I had a big test coming up, I always got nervous. When I'm sober, I have that nervous knot in my stomach all day long because I'm thinking about all the stuff I need to do. I get overwhelmed in my mind. When I'm drunk, I don't worry about anything.

 Luke Ford asks Porn Star Jenna Presley: "What percentage of people in the industry do you think have a drug or alcohol problem?"

Jenna: "Huge. I think that 90% of the business does drugs or alcohol but maybe 70% have a problem. I include pot as a drug. I know people who come on set stoned and they can't perform. A drug problem to me is when it affects your work life.

 Porn Star Erin Moore says to Shelley Lubben:

"There are always drugs and we would binge on Ecstasy, Cocaine, Marijuana, Valium, Vicodin, and alcohol. Thank God I am even still here!"

 Porn Star Belladonna states on Luke Ford website:

"99.9% of the porn industry has Herpes. I have had Herpes for five years."

 Male Porn Star states on his blog "Christian Sings the Blues" January 28, 2008:

Drugs are a major, major problem in my business.  Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.  I can't tell you the number of girls who have disappeared and dropped out of the business because of their drug problems (I could list them, but that's not really important).  It is unbelievably sad to think about, and seeing some of them fall into a downward spiral hurts me more than others.  But I think we all can agree that a huge majority of drug users will never change unless they get professional help.  I have seen all manner of drugs on set, at parties, in cars, everywhere. If I had to guess, I would put marijuana use at 90 percent of ALL people involved in the industry (performers, directors, crew, agents, drivers, owners, office workers, etc.).  I have been on a set where a girl has passed out DURING a sex scene with me (she was abusing oxycontin). Just recently a girl overdosed on GHB (a party drug that is the scourge of Texas, a clear odorless drug that doesn't mix well with alcohol) on set.  I have seen a girl win a prestigious (lol) AVN Award, not show up to accept the award, and then fall into the throes of drug use that caused her to lose at least 50 pounds and drop off the face of the earth.

Why is drug use so prevalent in our business?  Well, let's figure that out.  First of all, remember that the business is populated largely with girls aged 18-21.  And the majority of those girls are uneducated (many haven't graduated high school). Add to that the fact that many come into the business because they have no money, and are working at menial jobs like fast food places. So you have young girls who are uneducated with very little money entering the business.

Once they are in the business, they are now making ten thousand dollars a month and working maybe 5 hours a day 10-15 days a month. There are predators out there that can smell these girls and prey on them like sharks. Young, uneducated girls with lots of money, lots of free time, and very little supervision. This is a really bad equation (unless you are a drug dealer of course).

But I am just a performer.  I get paid to have sex with these girls, not psycho-analyze them, or give them advice.  It's a struggle sometimes to not get involved, but you have to keep out of their personal life.  I learned this the hard way with Katie Gold.  I can only hope Velicity finds the strength to overcome her demons.

 Porn Star Becca Brat who did over 200 movies says:

"I hung out with a lot of people in the Adult industry, everybody from contract girls to gonzo actresses. Everybody has the same problems. Everybody is on drugs. It's an empty lifestyle trying to fill up a void."

"I became horribly addicted to heroin and crack. I overdosed at least 3 times, had tricks pull knives on me, have been beaten half to death- the only reason I am still here is God.

Looking back on it, I was so miserable. How could I have let anybody talk me into saying what a good thing it was? Once you get into the industry and you're working to make a living and you don't see any way out, you put on this big show. You become Becca Brat. It's a different person. The hardest part of leaving the industry was finding Karly again, remembering who Karly was because I was Becca for so long."

  Porn Star Jesse Summers writes on her myspace blog:

I turned to drugs and alcohol to try and numb it and the money from porn supported my habit.

  Porn Star Regan Star describes in an interview with Talk magazine in February 2001:

While filming Rough Sex 2 in horrific terms,. She said that, while sex acts were performed on her, she was hit and choked until she couldn't breathe. Other "actresses," she said, wept because they were hurting so badly. In the same article, a sex-film star notes how threatening the work is to performers' health. "Nearly everyone has STDs [sexually transmitted diseases]," said Chloe. "If you're a porno performer," she continued, "your latest HIV test is your work permit. ... The tests we take test only for AIDS.

We've contained AIDS in the industry, but what about all the others? You know we're now up to hepatitis G?"

 Porn Star Rebecca Bardoux states:

"I'm a typical porn star," Rebecca Bardoux says with a smile, at the June 1997 Erotica LA Convention. "I come from a dysfunctional family. We don't relate... When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a call girl."

 Crissy Moran writes on her myspace:

"I went through more heartbreaks and became suicidal. I was taken to the hospital for panic attacks. I tried to overdose on xanax, strangle myself, and cut my wrists but not nearly deep enough. I was too scared of the pain. I prayed God would just take me away! I felt helpless. I even went to church for a few months but the guilt I felt was overwhelming that I would feel as if I were choking when I was at church. I had to choose and once again I chose to continue sinning. It was easier and I needed the money."

 In April 2004, Lara Roxx caught HIV from Darren James on a T.T. Boy set. In an interview with Luke Ford she states:

Luke: "What do you think of the job AIM (Adult Industry Medicine) did for you?"

Lara: "I don't think they are trained to deal with a person who just had the news that they are HIV-positive. She [Sharon Mitchell] was trying to rush me to medication without me knowing anything about it. She promising me all kinds of stuff that she found out she couldn't get me."

Luke: "Was that the first time you had done double anal?"

Lara: "Yeah. First and last."

Luke: "You were in a financially desperate position at the time?"

Lara: "Yeah. I wasn't desperate."

 Porn Star Elizabeth Rollings remembers a 25 guy movie:

"I did about 40 movies, 20+ web sites, including my own web site. I got requests for fetish films and finally did a 25 guy movies after getting pressured by porn producers. I never thought I would have done something like that. I felt disgusted and violated, but what was I going to do? I had three children and I desperately needed the money.

For two days I fasted and I drank heavily one day prior before I did the movie. I wanted to turn and run when I saw all the male porn stars and crew standing there. I kept saying to myself, 'this is going to be over in an hour'. I wanted to break down and cry but I hid behind my fake smile.

During the movie I mentally and emotionally checked out and felt like I died. After it ended everyone wanted to take pictures with me and get my autograph. Here I am standing there with bodily fluids all over me and people wanted to take pictures.

My body was sore the next couple days and I wasn't right mentally for two weeks after that. I wasn't able to use the bathroom right either. My internal system was totally messed up."

 Alex Devine posts March 6, 2006 on Extremegirlforum.com:

 "Donkey Punch was the most brutal, depressing, scary scene that I have ever done. I have tried to block it out from my memory due to the severe abuse I recieved during the filming. The guy, Steve French has a natural hatred towards women in the sense that he has always been known to be more brutal than EVER needed. I agreed to do the scene thinking it was less beating, except the 'punch' in the head. If you noticed, steve had worn his solid gold ring the entire time, and continued to punch me with it. I actually stopped the scene while it was being filmed because I was in too much pain."

 Tianna Lynn admits on Luke Ford website:

"I tried porn a year-and-a-half ago for three weeks. They [my agent DK] booked me for everything I didn't want to do. I was in the hospital three times. Allergic to lube. Being pounded too hard. My cervix closed up. My a** got torn up."

 Jersey Jaxin says in interviews with Luke Ford and Shelley Lubben:

"I'm just tired of the industry. The way that they treat you as though we are just a piece of meat. That we don't have a mind and our body is everybody's and we have no soul."

"Guys punching you in the face. You have semen from many guys all over your face, in your eyes. You get ripped. Your insides can come out of you. It's never ending. You're viewed as an object not as a human with a spirit."

"Seventy five percent and rising. Have to numb themselves... There are specific doctors in this industry if you go in for a common cold, they'll give you vicodin, viagra, anything you want because all they care about is money. You are a number. You're bruised. You have black eyes. You're ripped. You're torn. You have your insides coming out of you. It's not pretty and foofoo on set. You get hurt."

"The main thing going around now is crystal meth, cocaine and heroin. ...You have to numb yourself to go on set. The more you work, the more you have to numb yourself. The more you become addicted, the more your personal life is nothing but

"I was a drinker. I drank a lot. Vodka was my drug. Vodka was my numbing toy. Before sets, after sets, and if it was a set where people didn't care, they'd have it there waiting."

 Jenna Jameson says in her book that porn has more pitfalls than nearly any other occupation:

"Drugs is one. Maintaining a boundary between your job and private life is another. Jenna Jameson writes in her book on page 132:

"Most girls get their first experience in gonzo films -- in which they're taken to a crappy studio apartment in Mission Hills and penetrated in every hole possible by some abusive a**hole who thinks her name is Bit***.  And these girls, some of whom have the potential to become major stars in the industry, go home afterward and pledge never to do it again because it was such a terrible experience."

 Porn Star Sierra Sinn states in interviews with Luke Ford and Shelley Lubben:

"My first scene was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was very scary. It was a very rough scene. My agent didn't let me know ahead of time... I did it and I was crying and they didn't stop. It was really violent. He was hitting me. It hurt. It scared me more than anything. They wouldn't stop. They just kept rolling."

"Drugs are huge. They're using viagra. It's unnatural. The girls will be on xanax and vicodin."

 Ex Porn Star Kami Andrews says in interview with Luke Ford:

"I love the money, the glamor. I like being recognized. I like the attention. What I don't like is not being able to s--- right. You are constantly doing enemas and you're fasting and you're taking all these different pills, ex lax, and it screws up your internal system."

Kami Andrews speaks out in an interview with Shelley Lubben:

What is the worst part about being a porn actress?
Thinking you are more than you are. Don't ever believe you are the star, cause you are just a joke.

What is the best part about being a porn actress?
You make more money than you could any other way. You can be dumb as a rock and still shop for food that doesn't come in the white box.

Is there really 90% drug use like porn actress Jenna Presley and others claim?
I can only speak from my personal experience, I would claim 90% drug use but that is only from what I saw.

How prevalent are STD's in the porn industry?
Very.

How prevalent are abortions in the porn industry?
I had one

Are most porn stars prostitutes?
I swore I would never escort when I started, in fact it kinda caused me trouble. LA is saturated with porn chicks, it's not profitable to escort when you're hot.

 Porn Star Melissa Lauren states on Luke Ford's website:

What do you love and what do you hate about the industry?

"I hate the stupid people who are irresponsible and f--- with strangers without condoms, without tests. I hate all the STDs. I hate that most of the girls are f------ drug addicts.

Heard Enough? Stop viewing porn. How many more deaths, damaged lives and addictions do you need to contribute to before you wake up?

Porn is not glamorous. Get the facts. Get help.

*Special thanks to Luke Ford, journalist, for allowing me to borrow information from his web site. Thank you Luke! 

Jan, formerly known as Elizabeth Rollings, left porn in October, 2007 and shares her story in an interview with Shelley Lubben.

SL: How did you get into the sex industry?

ER: I was in my first movie because of an ad I answered on craigs list off the internet. I needed money and it sounded easy to do so I thought, why not? I knew it was wrong but I needed quick cash and of course it was legal, right? So I did the movie and never told anyone until months later when I decided to do it full time.

SL: Tell us about your childhood.

ER: My mom and dad divorced when I was three. My dad was a weekend dad and my mom took all of the responsibility raising us. We never had much of anything but my mom always tried to make sure that my older sister and I stayed in good schools and out of bad neighborhoods. My mom met a man when I was about 6 or 7 who whisked her off to Europe often and she would leave us with her side of the family. This went on for the next couple of years until my sister was about age 14 and I was about 11. We ended up homeless and went to live with our Godmother who was very spank happy to to say the least.

I was becoming very bitter about my mom and dad not being there even though I had accepted God in my heart at 7. When I was in 8th grade is when all the trouble began and I started noticing boys. There were a lot of gangs and gang fights and because of that I needed protection. I turned to clicks and pot heads and underage parties and smoking cigarettes and boys. I was only 13 years old.

I was in a world of trouble when I met "Candyman". Candyman was a gangster and offered me protection and a lot of attention. He took me home to meet his parents. I trusted him and thought he loved me. He tied me up and raped me. This was my first sexual experience. When he was done, he told me if I said anything I would be hurt worse by him and his friends. Gangs began to harass our family so we moved out of the neighborhood.

In high school I was into getting high and smoking cigarettes and having sex with my boy friend. Even though I was an A student, we constantly partied and had sex. At age 17 I ran away from home. My boyfriend and I were living in a friend's rat infested basement for 200 a month and soon I became pregnant. I attained my GED and traded in my hopes of becoming a nurse for becoming a mom and wife. I married my boyfriend and we had three children together.

SL: What led you into the sex industry?

ER: I worked off and on sometime two jobs to make up the lack of my husband's laziness. He never wanted to work. I got involved in prostituting at 19 and I worked for a women who had about 50 other girls working for her. I did topless massage and dominatrix work off and on for two years. I also pursued modeling because it had always been a passion of mine to be a model even though I am plus size. My husband knew I was doing sex work and didn't care.

I always loved to act and was involved in school plays growing up. I did a lot of promotional modeling and some street acting, but having to work a 12 hour shift as a cna (certified nursing aide) and take care of three kids kind of killed the dream. My husband and I divorced in 2004 for obvious reasons and my financial stress grew and grew. I had been to church a couple of times but to me it wasnt enough. I felt like a horrible mother and provider. I made my first porno after answering an ad in craigslist. I felt so ashamed and yet sexy at the same time. Even though the money was good, I had no intention of doing another one.

I ended up doing about 40 movies, 20+ websites, 3 magazines, 3 expos, countless online interviews and finally my own website. But yet I have nothing to show for it.

SL: What was the porn industry like?

ER: I was in Las Vegas so I had to drive back and forth to the porn industry in California four times a week. The money was great and my new boyfriend who recently lost his job, was loving every minute of it, traveling, seeing me have sex with other men and with other women. To him we had it made. I started making a name for myself in the BBW niche. I was in high demand and started loving the attention. My kids were fed, happy and had what they needed when they needed it. My boyfriend and I stayed in nice hotels and ate at good resturants. I bought him things and even helped him out with his own kids.

I got more and more requests for fetish films. After much pressure from porn producers, I finally caved in and did a 25 guy movie. I never thought I would have done something like that. I felt disgusted and violated, but what was I going to do? I was paid well for it and needed the money desperately.

SL: OH MY GOSH. What was it like to make a 25 guy movie?

ER: For two days I had to fast. I drank heavily one day prior before I did the movie. When I got on the set I felt really sick to my stomach. I wanted to turn around and run when I walked through the door and saw all the male porn stars and film crew standing there. I zoned out and wanted it to be over. I kept saying to myself, "this is going to be over in an hour. You can do it.". I wanted to break down and cry but I hid behind my fake smile.

During the movie I mentally and emotionally checked out and felt like I died. I don't remember real well the pain and trauma I went through. After it ended, everybody wanted to take pictures with me and get my autograph. Here I am standing there with bodily fluids all over me and people wanted to take pictures with me. It was horrible. My body was sore the next couple of days and I wasn't right mentally for two weeks after that. I wasn't able to use to the bathroom right either. My internal system was totally messed up.

SL: Did you lie to your fans and clients? What lies did you tell them?

ER: Of course I lied to my fans. I led them to believe I lived a fantasy life which was far from the truth. I fed into their fantasies. I said I wanted sex 24/7 and made it seem like I absolutely loved what I did and was living this happy life. I gave them hope and insight into their relationships by telling them what to do, or if I were with them what I would do to them. I started to feel like an important nobody, they knew Elizabeth Rollings, but they would never care to know Jan.

SL: Were you exposed to drugs and alcohol?

ER: Yes, the first time was at the 2006 AVN Porn Convention after party. I didnt do them but saw other porn stars using drugs. I was seriously tempted to but instead I got drunk and fooled around with a lot of other people in the "sex room" of the suite. I was still kind of new to the industry but I think after time, I would have used drugs. I always drank heavily before I did a movie.

SL: In your experience, how many other porn stars or sex workers use drugs and alcohol?

ER: I would guess around 90%. It becomes an escape route to reality, a temporary vacation from it all.

SL: What was the worst thing about the sex industry? Or a worst experience for you?

ER: The feeling that you are not in control of your own life. You have to submit to others (producers, agents, etc..) no matter HOW important you think you are, you're not in control. Being called a bitch and being told it was all apart of "acting" the part. Having men do disgusting things to me and even if it hurt, I had to make it seem like I was enjoying every minute of it. I hated it.

SL: Where was God while you were in the sex industry?

ER: In my heart and in my subconscious, pulling on my heart strings, painfully and patiently waiting. Many times God saved me from harm, especially from sexually transmitted diseases.

SL: Why did you leave the sex industry?

ER: I left because I was on the verge of suicide. I hated who I had become. I hated looking in the mirror. I hated not having any "real" relationships with people and most importantly I was desperate for love. There is a website on me for which I have no part in, the man who owns it will not take it down. I had a contract with him and put much time and effort into this site, but after 8 months of mental and emotional abuse, financial threats and much more, I chose to part ways with him. He made threats to "break" me financially because I wouldn't bend to his will. I told everyone I could that I wasnt associated with the site anymore and he was not happy about it. My nerves were shot, I couldn't take it anymore, I was physically sick and had to go to the ER for a nervous meltdown, enough was enough. I didn't care about my name anymore. I didn't care about a temporary financial fix. I wanted to be a good Mother for my children and show them that life is not about the easy way out of things, but about the road less traveled. I left for the sake of my sanity and my soul.

SL: Where are you now in rebuilding your life?

ER: I'm struggling with finances and I don't know how my bills are going to be paid, rent, food, supplies, but I know God is faithful and I'm NOT turning back again. I'm back in with my church and just started a job at Starbucks, for which I'm so grateful to God for. I'm honestly on the verge of losing a lot, but have a peace I haven't felt in years. I know God is with me and has a plan for my life.

*I want to seriously thank Jan for her courage to share her story. Many women want to hide and never think about porn again due to the overwhelming shame and guilt but not Jan. She is allowing God to use her mess to be a strong message to the world that PORN DESTROYS and only God is able to utterly save you from whatever you are going through! If you want help out of the sex industry please email Pink Cross Foundation at help@thepinkcross.org

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