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Correspondence on ‘Illicit drug use among gay and bisexual men in 44 cities: findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS)’ by Schmidt et al
  1. Stella Capodieci,
  2. Mauro Zaccarelli,
  3. Christof Stingone,
  4. Eugenia Giuliani,
  5. Massimo Giuliani,
  6. Valentina Cafaro,
  7. Lavinia Alei,
  8. Laura Gianserra,
  9. Maria Gabriella Donà,
  10. Alessandra Latini
  1. STI/HIV Unit, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Maria Gabriella Donà; mariagabriella.dona{at}ifo.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056126

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    Chemsex prevalence in Italy is lower than in other European countries.1 In 2019, the largest Italian survey on chemsex and sexualised drug use (SDU) found that 5.1% and 26.3% of the men who have sex with men (MSM) respondents reported chemsex and SDU, respectively.2 Following individual reports during MSM consultations, which suggested changes in chemsex/SDU prevalence and features, we conducted a pilot survey to investigate these behaviours. Our centre is 1 of the 12 sentinel clinical sites belonging to the Italian STI Surveillance System but performs more than a quarter of the …

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Jamie Scott Frankis

    • Contributors Conceptualisation: AL, MZ, MG, MGD; methodology: SC, MZ, CS, EG, MG, VC, LA, LG, MGD, AL; validation: SC, MZ, AL; formal analysis: SC, MZ, MG, MGD; investigation: SC, MZ, CS, EG, MG, VC, LA, LG; data curation: SC, MZ; writing—original draft preparation: MZ, MG, MGD, AL; writing—review and editing: CS, EG, VC, LA, LG; supervision: MZ, AL.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.