In brief
- Energy Control, the harm reduction program of the ABD group, announced CHEMSAFE Catalunya in a 6 August release, a service for people who engage in chemsex or sexualized drug use.
- The release announces free confidential WhatsApp and Telegram advice and planned in-person support and checking at Stop; current availability was not verified here.
- It also announces outreach with harm-reduction information and materials, without evaluating its reach.
Energy Control presented CHEMSAFE Catalunya in ABD’s 6 August release, a service designed for those who combine substances and sex—a pattern of use with specific needs that do not always align with general harm reduction resources. The initiative relies on three channels: instant messaging, face-to-face support, and street-level outreach.
The service’s announced support channels
The first channel is digital: via WhatsApp and Telegram, the team answers questions about substances, guidelines for lower-risk use, sexual health, and where to turn if additional help is needed. The second is in-person, located at the NGO Stop’s headquarters, where they provide individualized counseling and drug checking—a tool providing information about the analyzed sample, without guaranteeing identification of every component or absence of risks. The third is community intervention: a team member visits clubs and nightlife venues to bring evidence-based information and harm reduction materials directly to the environments where consumption occurs, rather than waiting for people to come to an office.
A long-identified gap
ABD frames the project as adapting harm reduction to sexualized-use contexts through information, support and outreach. The inspected sources do not detail operational links with other networks or establish their entire current geographic coverage; no such inventory was performed here.
What this means
This is a service launch announcement, not a study with results to evaluate; the two inspected releases do not provide attendance or tested-sample counts. That does not establish absence of data elsewhere or evaluate current coverage. What is significant is the approach: addressing sexualized drug use based on the autonomy of the user, utilizing information and analysis rather than fear-based rhetoric, and bringing resources to where people already are instead of waiting for a spontaneous request for help.
Source
- lasDrogas.info. Energy Control launches CHEMSAFE Catalunya to reduce risks in sexualized drug use. lasDrogas.info, August 13, 2026.
Educational content written from a harm reduction perspective and with respect for individual freedom. It is not a substitute for advice from a healthcare professional and is not intended to encourage or condemn any drug use.
