Chemsex: the self destructive behaviours become the whole story. Credit: Shutterstock.
Have you heard about the ‘rise of chemsex’? During chemsex parties, men who have sex with men (MSM) take the recreational drugs GHB, mephadrone and crystal meth to fuel group sex. These parties can last more than a day.
Two weeks ago I went to an event organised to discuss chemsex in Soho, London, in which someone compared it to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. My jaw dropped. Although well meaning, this comparison is historically inaccurate and does a tremendous disservice to the memories of all the people who died such gruesome deaths at that time.
