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GHB : 1 in 5 Pass out each year (& women are more at risk than men)

The Global Drug Survey 2018 reports on the patterns of use and the risks among both men and women, and the results were surprising. And what we found will surprise you.

Published
18 May 2018
From
Global Drug Survey
People who inject drugs
Drug and alcohol services cut by £162m as deaths increase

Analysis by the BBC found £162m (18%) has been cut from treatment budgets in England since 2013-14. In 2013 there were 2,734 drug poisoning deaths in England, rising to 3,450 in 2016, official figures show.

Published
14 May 2018
From
BBC
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Crystal Meth May Lead Even Well-Treated HIV to Further Harm the Body

According to a pair of recent studies, meth was associated with certain HIV-related genetic and immune changes.

Published
11 May 2018
From
Poz
People and personal stories
Revered AIDS Doctor Gabriel Torres: Redemption after Meth Addiction

The article appeared in New York Magazine in 2008. I remember it quite distinctly. Titled “Another AIDS Casualty” and written by David France, the profile of once-famous New York AIDS physician Dr. Ramon “Gabriel” Torres was a heart-wrenching read.

Published
09 May 2018
From
My Fabulous Disease
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Link between crystal methamphetamine and immune changes in HIV

A researcher has found that the use of stimulants, such as methamphetamine, can negatively affect the health of HIV-positive persons even when they are adhering to medical treatment. This study indicates that stimulants affect pathways in the immune system that allow HIV to become more active and could expand the reservoir.

Published
08 May 2018
From
Science Daily
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Far more harms associated with crystal meth than other chemsex drugs

Gay men who use crystal methamphetamine during sex are five times as likely to report a negative impact on their mental health, 15 times as

Published
24 April 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Can I use poppers if I’m in drug treatment? Advice from a substance use counselor

As a substance use counselor with the Stonewall Project at San Francisco AIDS Foundation, clients oftentimes ask me how (or if) poppers fit into substance use treatment. Are poppers a dangerous “gateway” drug that might cause a slip back into meth use? Or are they a relatively benign drug that’s unfairly targeted by abstinence-only groups?

Published
16 April 2018
From
BETA
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Non-consensual sex is a recurrent problem in the chemsex environment

The second European Chemsex Forum, recently held in Berlin, highlighted a number of difficulties and harms experienced by chemsex users, including non-consensual sex. “We have heard many

Published
09 April 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Chemsex and recreational drug use
The chemsex response is reshaping sexual health services and reinventing harm reduction

Chemsex has led the French community-based HIV organisation AIDES to bring two previously separate strands of its work together, Fred Bladou told the recent European Chemsex Forum

Published
03 April 2018
By
Roger Pebody
Chemsex and recreational drug use
Loneliness and community are key to chemsex

The second European Chemsex Forum, recently held in Berlin, highlighted how the perspectives of activists and health professionals working on the issue have changed. When the first

Published
02 April 2018
By
Roger Pebody
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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