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I know people who use it every now and again and then I would also have to stop seeing them, while we have a friendship, and I feel this is kind of hard.” – 61 years
Building new networks after quitting can also be an issue.
“Since I quit using I still am in contact with friends from my user network. They were right.
“Once you know somebody else does it, you know they’re in the same headspace as you,” he said. It emphasises the importance of recognizing the diversity of people who uses drugs but it only refers to the LGBTI+ community once in general and still does not address chemsex in particular.
Glossary
chemsex
The use of recreational drugs such as mephedrone, GHB/GBL and crystal meth before or during sex.
consent
A patient’s agreement to take a test or a treatment.
The combination of drugs and sex is known by several names, including chemsex, party ‘n’ play, PnP, high and horny, and wired play.
Meth 101
Methamphetamine, or meth, is a potent and extremely addictive psychostimulant. Yet this troubling linkage is the direct result of gay men using the drug to enhance sexual encounters and lessen the difficulties many face in managing self-esteem issues as they try to fuck and make connections with other gay men.
Among gay men who use meth, there is a subset who choose to administer the drug intravenously.
According to a recent study led by Dr. Perry Halkitis at the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies at New York University, the number of gay men who slam represents only seven percent of meth users in our community. The term isn’t commonly used by men who take part, who may just talk about “T”, “G”, or “getting high and hooking up”.
While the label helps services talk about overlapping issues like sex, drugs, consent, and health, not everyone agrees with the term or feels it reflects their experience.
That may take at least a year, however.
Meth abuse also may put people at a higher risk (almost a two times higher risk according to a study) for developing Parkinson’s disease. That has something animalistic, I find that erotic. Following these findings and increased concern around chemsex in the region, the EU’s Drug Strategy 2021-2025 included LGBTI+ people for the first time.
That is how I met my current partner D. in 2009. After a slam, a person’s voice drops a few octaves and he adopts a different body posture. We had sex under the influence of Tina and we had an immediate connection. “The immediate sensation was a rush of warmth and tingliness and feeling like I wanted to melt my body into another person.”
The slammers all strongly associated meth use and sex and the experience of powerful connection with other users.
Most participants (21) were born and raised in the Netherlands, 9 lived in a big city, 15 were single, 10 were in a committed relationship, and 6 were married (2 with women).
The research aimed to identify the men’s psychosocial reasons for slamming; the interviews covered various topics including the advantages and disadvantages of sexualised crystal methamphetamine use, settings where slamming takes place and partners are found, and sexual, physical and mental health.
In addition, some mentioned the erotic nature of the preparation of the materials, the injection, and watching others anticipate and experience the rush.
“A lot of slammers become addicted to the ritual. Often, respondents note that consent is difficult to gauge when under the influence of drugs and some report experiencing sexual acts they didn’t consent to.
According to them, the internet enabled men to find others with similar interests. In order to help people not to slam meth, he said, “our community needs to help people meet those needs.”
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Chemsex
As far back as 1999, New York Magazine’s article ‘Nightlife ‘99: Clear And Present Danger’ said “GHB first became a fixture at raves and gay “circuit parties” in the early nineties.
Our follow up contact blossomed into mutual infatuation.” – 49 years
This in return can make it harder to take a break from or stop slamming as it would require changing one’s social circle and possibly support networks.
“What makes me apprehensive is losing my contacts. In medical ethics, an adult who has mental capacity always has the right to refuse.
We met up and had sex and used for the whole weekend. Slamming meth may also place some members of the gay population in particular jeopardy because of meth’s reputation as a party drug.
The practice of slamming has a reputation for jacking up the sex drive. After a slam Tina all boundaries dissipate.