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Party and play (often abbreviated PNP or PnP, especially in online jargon), also known as a chem session or chemical session or simply as partying, is a phenomenon and subculture of illegal drug users who play together sexually, either one-on-one or in groups. The term is used by and associated with gay men(External Link

) and men who have sex with men (MSM). The drug of choice is typically methamphetamine, known as crystal or tina in the gay community. Other "party drugs" such as ecstasy are less associated with this term. It has been called both an "epidemic" and "plague" in the gay community.(External Link

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Participants

Men interested in PNP typically meet through other drug users or through internet dating sites. On such sites, men often include notations such as "PNP" or the reverse, "No PNP". Some sites, such as Manhunt.net, prohibit members from saying that they want PNP or making other positive references to drug use. Craigslist.org has the same policy but it isn't much enforced, users often advertise they're willing to provide favors or party favors(External Link

) (methamphetamine) to prospective partners. Other sites, such as Adam4Adam, have no policies prohibiting members from explicitly seeking PNP encounters.
As stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine drastically delay the need for sleep and tend to inhibit ejaculation, PNP sexual encounters can continue for many hours or even for several days. These drugs tend to inhibit penile erection, a phenomenon known by the slang term crystal dick. Consequently, many men who engage in PNP use erectile dysfunction drugs such as sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil.

Risks

Besides the inherent risks involved with drug use (for example addiction, arrest, financial problems, etc.), health officials have found a strong correlation between drug use and unsafe sex practices. Indeed, some online profiles have notations such as "PNP BB only" (Party and Play, bareback only). As such, PNP practices are cited as the cause of rising HIV rates in the gay and bisexual male community and other men who have sex with men(External Link

). San Francisco's STOP Aids Project and the Mayor of San Francisco's Crystal Meth Task Force have reduced methamphetamine use from 18% in 2003 to 10% in 2005 of Gay and Bisexual San Franciscans PNPing. The STOP Aids project has been heavily involved due to the common link between methamphetamine use and sex---PNPing.
The same drug-induced loss of inhibitions makes PNP enthusiasts more vulnerable to more immediate threats, such as robbery or assault by someone whom they meet for sex.

Statistics

Men who PNP with methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA (also known as ecstasy), and ketamine (also known as Special K) are twice as likely to bareback (have unprotected sex), according to British research. The study also found that up to 20% of gay men have tried methamphetamine, the drug most associated with PNPing (External Link

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The Washington DC area is currently running public service ads to inform about and discourage the practice of PNP amongst the region's gay men.(External Link

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) The New York man who made headlines in 2005 for the labeling of his condition as "HIV Superinfection" was involved in bareback sex with dozens of sexual partners and was a PNPer.

Club culture

Methamphetamine has become a popular club drug in the U.S. (External Link

) 62% of New York's gay club scene uses methamphetamine regularly, 45% combine it with alcohol; 39% with MDMA 32% with Ketamine (known as K or special K); Viagra 29%; inhalant nitrites (Poppers) 28%; and cocaine 25%. In 2005 20 to 25% of gay and bisexual New Yorkers used methamphetamine. Methamphetamine users who thought they were HIV-negative but were actually positive are 11 times more likely to receptively (bottom) bareback while PNPing than their HIV-negative counterparts. Gay men in California who use methamphetamine are twice as likely to be HIV-positive.(External Link

) Methamphetamine is very popular in the gay party and baths/sauna scenes. Gay saunas are places where men often go to meet other men for sex and the frequency of PNP here's very high. Some sex clubs ban unprotected sex, while others look the other way or permit it. Drug use is uniformly banned, but not all clubs prevent their clientele from entry if they come already high.(External Link

) The term party and play - and pay has emerged as a warning that Partying and Playing leads to bareback sex which increases the chances of contracting HIV and may result in other consequences such as neurological damage and resistance to HIV drugs.

"We're seeing a strong correlation between crystal and HIV infection" -Pride Institute of New York

Methamphetamine can cause sores and abrasions in the mouth which can turn typically low HIV risk sex acts such as oral sex into very high sexual activity and transmit HIV.(External Link

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