My journalism on this series included investigative pieces about the nature of the scene, SEO cornerstones on key advice and exclusive interviews with the Met Police’s sexual assault and chemsex specialists.

They told me they had been reading my stories to grow their understanding of the London scene – and how to deal with it.

In an exclusive admission, the Met Police admitted to me they got it wrong on the now infamous Stephen Port ‘Grindr’ serial killer murders – and their statistics revealed to me showed how chemsex attacks had doubled in less than three years.

Putting people who did Chemsex first

Most importantly, the series spoke to and gave a platform to people who once or still do take part in chemsex.

We spoke to experts, addicts and ‘managing’ chemsex users who balanced weekends on drugs, with demanding day jobs.

We also surveyed people who do chemsex all over the world. This had never done before. For the first time, it gave us and the experts we were working with a unique insight, into the kind of activities and consequences on the scene. We developed this survey with the experts, so it could enhance their work and stand statistical tests.

It showed staggeringly high numbers of deaths, overdoses and mental health issues linked to the practice. But it also destroyed myths around it being a practice done only at parties – with 3 in 10 of those who do it saying they take drugs at home, with porn to chase the same high.

The series tagline was: ‘Talking about sex and drugs, without stigma or shame.’

This allowed those in the LGBT+ community who needed the space to talk about this growing trend, the opportunity to without fear of sensationalized headlines. However, it also allowed the community at large the chance to ask: ‘Is this trend one that will define us, like the HIV crisis did?’