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Gays' Use of Viagra and Methamphetamine Is Linked to Diseases
NY Times ^ | March 11, 2004 | LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN

Posted on 03/10/2004 10:44:45 PM PST by neverdem

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It used to be better living through chemistry. Now it's a worse death. What's a sex club, a Plato's Cave for blades?
1 posted on 03/10/2004 10:44:46 PM PST by neverdem
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Dr. William Wong of the San Francisco Health Department...
2 posted on 03/10/2004 10:47:14 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat ("I'm Diddle E. Squat, and I approved this tagline")
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To: Diddle E. Squat
I got my Bong and Mr. Wong...
3 posted on 03/10/2004 10:50:53 PM PST by chance33_98 (Check out profile page for banners, if you need one freepmail me and I will make one for you)
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To: neverdem
Should we be surprised? Flaming and scandalous gay men consuming an illegal drug and a pill for old farts only means trouble...
4 posted on 03/10/2004 10:51:38 PM PST by Bismarck
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To: neverdem
Who'd a thunk it? Gay sex clubs, drugs, and disease. Gee, I never saw that one coming.
5 posted on 03/10/2004 10:52:34 PM PST by vpintheak (Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
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To: neverdem
OK, here's a concern: are these junkies going to burn through antibiotics and hyperbreed resistant strains of non-STD health problems, so their actions impact the general community?

Methinks tolerance would rapidly decline if it is perceived that little toddler Janes and Justins died of a superresistant flu or staph. Of course overapplication of antibiotics at the insistence of idiot soccer moms share much of the blame, but they are a much bigger voting population, emotional, and quite likely to overlook their own cupability.
6 posted on 03/10/2004 10:54:55 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat ("I'm Diddle E. Squat, and I approved this tagline")
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To: neverdem
Smoking and junk food are verboten... but drug use and deviant sex is embraced.

I'm suprised someone in SF didn't censor this report.
7 posted on 03/10/2004 10:56:13 PM PST by calcowgirl
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I'm suprised someone in SF didn't censor this report.

Scary thing is, maybe this is censored version...

8 posted on 03/10/2004 10:57:04 PM PST by chance33_98 (Check out profile page for banners, if you need one freepmail me and I will make one for you)
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I am not defending meth. In fact, I hate it; it almost cost me my life. However, knowing meth like I do (did?), I can only imagine that the sleep deprevation that meth enduces is part of the problem. When I was up on meth (for days), my thought processes were not exactly civil (Saw some wild sh*t due purely to sleep deprevation); mind you, I am not gay, never engaged in such and never (while using or not) sought.
These idiots doing meth AND viagra? Damn, my heart would have exploded.

When I FINALLY kicked meth, I slept for 40+ hours. My room mate woke me 'cause he thought I might be dead. (nice of him to wait for 28 hours)

9 posted on 03/10/2004 11:01:45 PM PST by Michael Barnes
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To: neverdem
Will there be Social Security for the surviving spouses?
10 posted on 03/10/2004 11:06:54 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Why the long face, John?)
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To: unix
Viagara and Meth are heavily used in the infamous circuit parties... and then people are suprised about the sudden raise in HIV infections.
11 posted on 03/10/2004 11:08:00 PM PST by Bismarck
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To: fourdeuce82d; Travis McGee; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; ...
PING
12 posted on 03/10/2004 11:16:37 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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The expanding recreational use of crystal methamphetamine and Viagra is apparently fueling increases in syphilis, H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted diseases among gay and bisexual men in the United States, according to new studies reported here on Wednesday.

Thank God for that informative study, NOW I understand. /sarcasm

13 posted on 03/10/2004 11:19:03 PM PST by EGPWS
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Smoking and junk food are verboten... but drug use and deviant sex is embraced.

Kinda' like an old rectangle picture in an oval picture frame.

I just "don't" fit does it!

14 posted on 03/10/2004 11:23:50 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: Diddle E. Squat
OK, here's a concern: are these junkies going to burn through antibiotics and hyperbreed resistant strains of non-STD health problems, so their actions impact the general community?

Good question. I remember reading a report about drug-resistant Staph out in Californicanio about these bugs getting spread in jails somehow. It was associated with "bear-hugging", or should that be "bare-hugging"?

15 posted on 03/10/2004 11:33:25 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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To: Polycarp IV
Something to pray for Divine intervention.
16 posted on 03/10/2004 11:49:37 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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To: neverdem
For three consecutive years through 2003, syphilis rates among women have fallen by 50 percent but have increased by 65 percent among men. Among women in 2003, there were 1,229 syphilis cases reported, down from 2,445 in 2000. Among men in 2003, there were 5,844 cases, up from 3,532 in 2000. Gay men accounted for more than 60 percent of all syphilis cases in 2003, compared with 5 percent in 1999.

Approximate Syphilis cases (men):
Year   homosexual (%)  not-homosexual (%)  total
2000:    177     (5%)   3355  (95%)        3532
2003:   3506    (60%)   2338  (40%)        5844
change: 3329 (+1881%)  -1017 (-30%)        2312 (+65%)
It must be scary for doctors treating syphilis to see 20 times as many cases among homosexual men after only three years.


If recreational use of Viagra is contributing to this public health problem, it seems that the government should prosecute that type of prescription drug abuse before they prosecute abuse of prescription painkillers. After all, curbing the spread of STD's in the population is more beneficial to everyone than curing a pain sufferer's addiction.

17 posted on 03/10/2004 11:53:02 PM PST by heleny
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Expect medical insurance rates to rise as these folks demand a 'cure'.

Homosexual ping!

18 posted on 03/11/2004 1:05:40 AM PST by NYer (Ad Jesum per Mariam)
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To: neverdem
Male homosexuals and lesbians use crystal meth like candy. STD's are very common. One of the most obvious side effects of sexual promiscuity among homosexuals is an increased chance of early demise from AIDS and syphilis.

There are ads in Los Angeles County gay rags advertising "Vampire Parties" for homosexual men. Rumors are out there these social affairs are meeting places for advanced perversions, blood feasts and satanic cults. Just thought I would post this warning.

It appears to me that Gibson's portrayal of the Devil as a woman with a man's voice was a subtle comment on homosexual subcultures. However, I could be mistaken.

19 posted on 03/11/2004 2:59:43 AM PST by ex-Texan
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To: neverdem
I am beginning to favor the Cuban solution.

HIV positive, or full blown AIDS carriers should be isolated on some inconvenient island off the coast.

Regards,

20 posted on 03/11/2004 3:52:22 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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