A discussion of consent in chemsex communities, where drug impairment makes genuine agreement impossible. GHB, chemically similar to Rohypnol, is linked to sexual assault. Concrete advice: watch your drink, take it to the bathroom, cover it to prevent tampering.
Consent and chemsex is a really difficult thing to talk about because, I mean, at some point when you're impaired, can you really give consent? Right. And, and this— they've talked about rolling consent. And so it's an issue, and it's particularly an issue in that there's a really an epidemic of sexual assault, another thing we don't talk about too much in the chemsex community, with GHB. You know, GHB is a close cousin of Rohypnol. It's happening a lot, and I think people don't want to talk about it. So anyway, understanding some of the risks, and just like we would say to people in a bar, don't, don't leave your bar— don't— sorry, don't leave your drink at the bar, you know, take it with you to the restroom, put a cover on it. Just be, be conscious about that kind of thing because it's not exactly— I think we want to believe everybody out there is kind of a comrade and a buddy in this, in this scene, and that's not the case, right? Right. There's some people that are really Um, not nice folks to encounter when you're so vulnerable in that position. Yeah, right. Um, yeah, yeah.
