[Laissez-faire capitalist]

How long they have been around, I have no idea. Maybe you have more knowledge about this than I.

Regardless of how long Crystal Queens have been around, Crystal Meth use has INCREASED among gays in the past three or four years. Just read the article at the Atlanta Journal Constitution(Click on source URL)to see for yourself. Hence, one of the reasons for posting this article.

[rintense]

No. I understand that and why you posted the article. But the gay community has know about this addiction for a long time. A gay acquaintance of mine would tell stories of crystal parties and 'queens' from over five years ago in Chicgao. Even the lib-lovefest show Queer As Folk did a storyline about a character who became a crystal queen.

As silly as it sounds, it is a subculture within the gay culture, just as 'conversion' parties are, where gay men have sex with several HIV positive men in hopes of actually contracting the disease. I am not making this up.