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NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
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A Q&A about crystal methamphetamine with Mike Rizzo, a recovering meth addict, certified substance abuse counselor and manager of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center’s Crystal Meth Recovery Services. Rizzo shares his personal experiences with meth, his goals for the meth recovery services program and how meth has had an impact on gay, homeless youth and others in the GLBT community.
“Crystal meth epidemic tightens grip on Dallas’ gay community, spreads to other minority groups” which was published in the Dallas Voice.
Watch an interview with New York AIDS activist Peter Staley about the concern of HIV and AIDS among meth users in the gay community in this PBS Frontline special report on methamphetamine:
Find out how methamphetamine can affect the brain and have other adverse affects on the body, including risk for HIV.
Learn about methamphetamine use and HIV risk behaviors in this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet:
Read “Higher Risk: Crystal meth, the internet and dangerous choices about,” published in The New Yorker.
“Gay men gain ‘confidence,’ lose control with meth use,” which was published in the Denver Post.
“Talking Tina: National Coalition for LGBT Health meeting assesses crystal meth’s threat to the community” which was published in Washington D.C.’s Metro Weekly.
“The Beast in the Bathhouse; Crystal Meth Use by Gay Men Threatens to Reignite an Epidemic,” which was published in The New York Times.
View clips from “Dancing with the Devil - Gay Men & Meth,” a series about several gay men who share their experiences with meth based on Michael Kearn’s play “The Tina Dance.”
Watch “Sex, Crystal Methamphetamine, and HIV: The Connection,” a discussion by Becky Kuhn, M.D.
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