Please let me know. we are British.
Widely reported this morning, the British government is looking for chemicals in its new drug strategy announced today.
But what is it, is it really that bad?
Excuse me, what's chemsex?
When people take drugs, they increase their sex life and make them feel uninhibited, which is more common in some gay communities.
Usually it involves crystal meth, GHB (
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Or meow, called Meow, can call or swallow.
There is also "slamsex" when the drug is injected to a higher level.
In my school sex education curriculum, I was not told this, and this trend has started over the past decade or so, probably because of the increasing use of these specific drugs as hook-boomup apps.
Why is this more shocking than any other way people use illegal drugs?
It increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections such as HIV and hepatitis C.
It is believed that these drugs can make people who usually use condoms feel less depressed and sex life is not protected.
Shared needles in Slamsex also spread sexually transmitted infections.
Of course, alcohol can also make sex more risky.
Why don't we fight "drunkenness "?
To be fair, chemsex is a relatively new act that has attracted the attention of sexual health physicians and gay rights groups.
People always make love when they are drunk or high, but these three drugs especially make people lose their inhibition.
GHB is also a mild anesthetic that can encourage strong anal intercourse, thereby increasing the risk of infection.
Usually, people who engage in chemical sex spend two or three days sleeping with multiple partners.
How common is it?
According to a survey of thousands of gay men in London,
The fifth has had chemical behavior in the past five years.
This has been done for the tenth time in the past four weeks.
According to a recent editorial in the British Medical Journal, some people say they are doing this in response to inner fears of homosexuality and negative feelings about sex.
What will the government do about it?
In addition to saying that doctors should support targeted interventions and work with community groups, they have not discussed them in detail.
What does this mean?
Hope is more effective than just telling people not to do things. There are harm-
A way to make chemsex safer.
For example, some sexual health clinics provide color for batches
Code the needle to help participants stick to their own needle and avoid the needlesharing. Anything else?
If doctors can provide drugs that prevent people from getting HIV free on the NHS, it will help.
Currently, people in the UK have to buy cheap generic versions over the Internet.
Treating every person with hepatitis C virus will also stop it from spreading, but for now these drugs are only available to people with more advanced liver disease.