Mixing sex and drugs this hot vaxx summer?

We KNOW you’ve been INVITED to some EXCELLENT parties lately! 

But do you still REMEMBER how to have a GOOD TIME and STAY SAFE? 

Check out NUAA’s refresher tips for PARTY ‘N’ PLAY (aka Chemsex) and then GO FOR IT! 

Make a safety game plan  

Know your limits – with everything – and practice telling people about them. 

Plan how to respond to different situations ahead of time – remember to keep it simple because it’s likely that you will feel very disinhibited and open.  

Consider waiting to take your drugs until you are sure you are where you want to be, with the people you want to be with. 

Don’t trust people you didn’t trust yesterday 

Question free shots – be sure you know what it is and how much. 

Be careful around made-up shots – watch for sterile fits, swabbed spoons, new water ampoules, filters.  

Make sure anyone mixing you a shot or shooting you up has soaped up and swabbed their hands. 

Be discreet about your drug use at Sex on Premises clubs. 

Be respectful 

Treat people as you would like to be treated, being up front and keeping everyone’s health in mind.  

Always get people’s active and enthusiastic consent first – remember, even non-con games have rules and boundaries. 

Prioritise health 

Get tested, get treated, get vaxxed.  

If you are HIV, hepatitis or STI neg, treat everyone as though they are pos.  

If you are pos, treat everyone as if they are neg… 

Be the Host with the Most! 

If you are having people over to play, fill bowls with safer using and safer sex equipment. Here’s a short list: Swabs. Waters. Sterile Fits (try unisharps in different colours so it’s easier to ID who owns what). Spoons. Cotton wool. Hand sanitiser. Condoms. Dental dams. Gloves. Lube sachets. Toy steriliser. Masks. Bins.  

Put out bottles of water. Keep cut fruit in the fridge and fill up regular platters of fruit. 

Set up alarms for people on meds or for drinking water – porn DVDs are good timers.  

Prepare your party pack! 

If you are going out to play, take a PnP kit that’s all Boy Scout. Include: Wet wipes. Your own pipe/injecting equipment – no sharing. Lip balm. Your own towel. Any medication. Your own douche – don’t share. Drinking water. Snacks. Torch. Cock ring. Gloves. Condoms. Lube sachets. Hand sanitiser. Mirror. Masks. Bag for your clothes.