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“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”—Psychosocial Aspects and Awareness of Negative Impacts in Chemsex Users: Results from an Anonymous Online Survey

Brain Sciences
Chemsex is the interplay of substance use by men who have sex with men (MSM) in sexual contexts. The minority stress model and the identity process theory are explanatory models.
Marcus Gertzen, Sinan Karcher, Johanna Schwarz, Cornelia Rosenberger, Moritz Strasburger, Andrea Rabenstein, Anna-Martina Strasser, Ulrich Palm, Tobias Rüther   +8 more
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Insights from a 6‐year hair drug analysis compendium in drug‐facilitated sexual assault cases

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 4, Page 1783-1792, July 2026.
Abstract Drug‐facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) may involve a diverse array of substances, including illicit drugs, prescription medications, and over‐the‐counter pharmaceuticals. Hair analysis has emerged as a valuable forensic tool, offering an extended window of detection spanning several months. However, interpreting drug concentrations in hair can
Amandine Fort, Coralie Boudin, Hélène Eysseric‐Guerin, Virginie Scolan, Jérémy Borges, François Chiron, Pierre Henry, Françoise Stanke‐Labesque, Théo Willeman   +8 more
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The sociodynamics of chemsex: Stakeholders’ perspectives in France - Results from the ANRS-PaacX study

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
This study examined the intricate phenomenon of chemsex among men who have sex with men (MSM) in France, by focusing on the perspectives of different stakeholders, namely people with chemsex experience, clinicians, and community health workers. Employing
Nicolas Khatmi, Perrine Roux, Bruno Spire, Christel Protière   +3 more
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Scaling HIV self‐testing to improve health equity among cisgender gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, trans and gender‐diverse people in the United Kingdom: An HIV self‐testing implementation action framework

HIV Medicine, Volume 27, Issue 7, Page 1038-1054, July 2026.
Abstract Background HIV self‐testing (HIVST) is feasible, highly acceptable and can increase HIV testing uptake/frequency without harm while also reducing costs. Despite HIVST's benefits, UK service provision has been sporadic partially due to policymakers and commissioners' reluctance over concerns about linkage to care/surveillance, which ultimately ...
T. Charles Witzel, Peter Weatherburn, Fiona M. Burns, Isaac Y.‐H. Chu, Phil Samba, Alison J. Rodger   +5 more
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The Explainer: Why is chemsex in the news in Ireland and the UK?

, 2019
We look at what chemsex is, and the role the drugs GHB and crystal meth play in it....
Barry, Aoife
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Adam Bourne - Chemsex study

Adam Bourne discusses his research into chemsex in the gay and bisexual ...
LSHTM
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Regional distributions of chemsex, broader sexualised substance use and individual-level substance use patterns and their associations with HIV among men who have sex with men in the Netherlands: a Bayesian spatial ecological modelling and a latent class analysis

HIV Research & Clinical Practice
Background Chemsex increases HIV risk, but the Dutch substance landscape is evolving beyond traditional drugs (e.g. GHB/GBL, methamphetamine) to include novel synthetic cathinones.
Haoyi Wang, Liana Aphami, Jules Casalini, Hanne M. L. Zimmermann, Kai J. Jonas   +4 more
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Pampalibog: Chemsex, Desire and Pleasure in the Philippines

, 2023
This article draws from qualitative interviews to provide the first in-depth exploration of reasons for engaging in chemsex in the Philippines. It articulates the many forms that drugs assume as pampalibog; or enhancers of libido; demonstrating the ...
Yu, Vincen Gregory, Lasco, Gideon
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Chemsex behaviours among men who have sex with men: A systematic review of the literature. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: 'Chemsex' is the use of drugs before or during planned sexual events to facilitate, enhance, prolong and sustain the experience. Drugs associated with chemsex are methamphetamine, GHB/GBL, mephedrone, cocaine and ketamine.
Shahmanesh, Maryam, Maxwell, Steven, Gafos, Mitzy   +2 more
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CATHINONES AND VIAGRA IN CHEMSEX: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF TOUCH, MASCULINITIES AND AESTHETICS [PDF]

Psicologia & Sociedade
This article presents an autoethnographic analysis of chemsex, focusing on the simultaneous use of viagra and cathinones. The haptic and aesthetic dimensions of these encounters are examined, considering their effects on masculinities, gender, and sexual
Jorge Humberto Lucero Díaz
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