Sex and drugs have long since been connected. The two are mostly combined by heterosexual people, and the majority of those taking drugs to enhance their sex lives are healthy and addiction-free.
The latest drug to fall under the spotlight has been GHB – more commonly referred to as G – an industrial solvent often used for cleaning alloy wheels which has been found to enhance sexual pleasure.
G is taken either by two partners or, increasingly, at “chemsex” orgies – parties attended by men who have sex with other men or MSM, a term used because not everyone who falls under it is gay or bisexual.
Last month, a survey of 486 men who attended the Gay Men’s Health Clinic (GMHC) on Baggot Street in Dublin found that 27 per cent had taken G or, less commonly, cocaine, ketamine, crystal meth or mephedrone (a drug which used to be freely available in head shops).
Source: Peter McGuire, The Irish Times, 05/01/17
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