But if there’s a drug that’s tied up in your sex, then it is what we are calling chemsex.” He continues: “MDMA or ecstasy have a lot more emphasis on empathy, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to want to fuck. Shanley opens our conversation with a primer on definitions: “When we think strictly about what drugs are used in chemsex or chillouts, it’s typically mephedrone, G and crystal meth. It’s not a word that, definitely in Dublin, or Ireland, we’re comfortable using here.” Says Adam Shanley, outreach worker with the Gay Men’s Health Service ( GMHS) and manager of KnowNow.