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Three months ago, John was a responsible member of society working as a paralegal for the state and making good money. Today he is back in long-term residential drug treatment following a sexual encounter with a "straight" man during which both used methamphetamine. John and others suffering from meth addiction may soon benefit from a $320,000 grant to the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association to study how the drug impacts the gay community. The grant will allow GLMA to examine the extent of meth usage by gay and bisexual men and seek out the most promising options for treating the...

September 9, 2005 -- IN her "Letter from New York," published in The Washington Post, Tina Brown yesterday determined there was a "scent of insurrection" in the air here in the Big Apple in the wake of Hurricane Katrina — a spirit of revolution she seems to have discerned primarily at a screening of a 9/11 documentary at the swanky Bryant Park Hotel. "The needless torment of New Orleans has reignited the dormant passions of the election," quoth our Tina, who has taken it upon herself to bring the Word from this city's elite to the political elite in Washington....

Taking the GOP Bait, Hook, Line and Stinker By Tina Brown Thursday, April 29, 2004; Page C01 There was a surreal moment at a serious Manhattan dinner party Tuesday night when 12 power players who had all been talking at once about the mess in Iraq suddenly fell silent to listen to the waiter. He dove in shortly after he had served the coconut cake with lemon dessert -- perhaps to give moral support to the only Republican present, who was beginning to flag. Or perhaps he just thought it might be helpful for the guests to hear from one...