The cast look and sound like your friends. I think this documentary is a huge step in reaching out to the general public and showing that we’re not hopeless junkies who will die in their own various bodily fluids.”Īs a gay man, it is impossible to watch the film and be unmoved.
“They filmed me on various comedowns, meltdowns and on one very losing-the-plot crystal meth binge. “I rapidly agreed to have my face unblurred,” he says. Meth, meph and G create a potent cocktail enabling extremes of behaviour, which carries significant risks for the sexual and mental health of habitual users.įor anyone unsure about the impact of chemsex on real lives, the tale of Miguel should offer some clarity. There is candid talk on film about “pozzing up”, the practise of knowingly becoming infected with the virus. In London four new positive diagnoses are currently made daily. The testimonies in the film from people involved in the subculture directly link chemsex to alarming rates of HIV infection. These parties involve multiple people and are mostly facilitated online. Chemsex is identified in the film as the habit of engaging in weekend-long parties fuelled by sexually disinhibiting drugs, such as crystal meth, GHB, GBL and mephedrone.
