It was hosted online, advertised to Gay Times readers online, and pitched specifically as a ‘drugs survey’. The survey has a fundamental problem, which is that, unlike most professionally-conducted surveys and research, its participants were self-selecting. The reality might, thankfully, be less exciting The survey’s conclusion is clear: gay and bisexual men are incorrigible, unrepentant alcoholic, drug-snorting sex dreadnoughts, who wouldn’t be seen dead getting it on without a line of something typically found in a rock star’s dressing room. Mephedrone and meth are currently at the centre of concerns among public health practitioners about gay men’s use of drugs in a sexual context. More concerningly, it found that one in nine respondents said they had used mephedrone, ketamine or crystal meth. According to the survey, 56% had used poppers/amyl nitrites, 48% had used cannabis, 41% had used cocaine and 40% had used MDMA/ecstasy. One of the questions asked respondents what drugs they used before sex, and the results suggest that gay and bisexual men are much more likely to consume drugs than the general population. The bone-shattering dog-bites-man banality of the top line – people have sex when drunk – notwithstanding, the story includes some alarming figures about gay men’s consumption of drugs and alcohol, and their link to unsafe sexual behaviour.
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