...-29 years) who use illicit drugs and prescription pharmaceuticals for non-medical purposes were recruited through snowball sampling. Qualitative interviews were conducted, and the data were analysed thematically. Findings The use of drug “concoctions” and cocktails was widespread among...

... goal is to recount the pleasures associated with chemsex among gay men and other MSM, we must cover the challenges underlying this task. In the simplest of terms, chemsex is the combined use of drugs and sex and the fusion of two sources of pleasure. At the heart of the matter, both drugs and sex...

...Madeline Naegle With expanded technologic and communication resources there is growing awareness worldwide of the public health problems caused by alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, misuse, abuse and addiction. Trends vary by culture and region but use of tobacco and alcohol is almost universal...