Synonym(s)
Slammer; Slamming
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Terminology of the London gay and drug scene. Slamming refers to the injection of a drug cocktail of methamphetamine, mephedrone, etc. In the past, the most common party drugs were ecstasy and cocaine, as well as ketamine, y-butyrolactone (GBL) and amphetamine (speed). More recently, mephedrone and methamphetamine (CrystalMeth, Tina, Ice) have been added.
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Especially in the gay scene, these drug cocktails lead to increasingly carefree, unprotected sex with corresponding consequences: the infection rates for HIV and hepatitis C are rising significantly. Furthermore, the number of classic venereal diseases such as gonorrhoea, syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum is increasing.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer