Sad and frightening.
Posted on 01/22/2020 2:26:09 PM PST by karpov
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Today, the gay community is facing another crisis that we’re not talking about and that elected officials are once again ignoring. Scores of gay men are addicted to crystal methamphetamine. The drug, which can change the chemical composition of the brain in chronic users, is extremely addictive. And just like during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 90s, resources are paltry, government support is virtually nonexistent and an aura of denial surrounds the crisis.
Gay men are more likely to try meth than straight men. One explanation for this could be that gay men struggle with acceptance in ways straight men don’t have to. Growing up gay, and being forced to keep that a secret for fear of family rejection or neighborhood bullying can create huge insecurities and issues with intimacy.
My best friend was rejected by his family for being gay and beaten in the streets of his hometown in Mexico. He had to flee to the United States for refuge. As he grew older, he became more and more desperate to belong to a community. He sought out men on gay apps, and ended up falling for a handsome young man who was addicted to meth. He fostered my friend’s addiction. The initial drug use was about acceptance and remaining relevant in an overly sexualized culture. Now, despite recent interventions by me and other people, my friend is overcome by the daily ritual of obtaining and using crystal meth. He’s a different person than the one I’ve known for over 25 years.
There are many stories like this. The truth is, using meth can create a twisted sense of camaraderie among users.
Hookup apps like Grindr make finding meth — as well as men to use it with — fast and easy.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
News Flash!!! Maybe they should consider stop using meth?
Sad and frightening.
Huh? I know straight women who are addicted to it also.
Culling the herd.
“Gay men are more likely to try meth than straight men. One explanation for this could be that gay men struggle with acceptance in ways straight men don’t have to.”
Huh? LGBT is so fashionable now, you have “scores” of teenagers insisting they’re transgender. You have gay pride stories on every other TV program. This idea that they’re struggling for acceptance these days is mostly false; some may struggle, but not most.
In 2020 America, The New York Times is STILL blasting Christian families for making their little boys take meth. I suspect they take these drugs to keep up the energy to have sex with 30 guys in one night.
The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilization by their own actions.
Liberals In a couple of decades, if left alone to their life styles, will have destroyed themselves via their abortions, drug use age, homo sexual life styles, both DNA wise and soul wise due to their stupid and terminal life choices.
The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party on a daily basis.
Here we have another: Darwin Award Winner!
I don't care.
Wouldn't all those warehouses of Fentanyl be quicker?
Gay men would try crystal meth to get or stay THIN.
So many women have gone to prison because they started drugs to get thin. Same for gay men.
May he once again be well and whole.
WOW, US RIGHT WING WHITE SUPREMISISTS ARE DANGEROUS AS ALL HECK. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT US SO GAY MEN WILL STOP DOING THINGS THAT ENDANGER THEIR LIVES.
New York Times makes about as much sense as Adam “there is overwhelming evidence” Schiff. At least Schiff has given his followers a Bumper sticker line.
NYT...nada.
Being gay is a choice.
Where you put your penis is a choice.
What you shoot up, ingest and smoke is a choice.
It’s my choice to not have any sympathy.
Preaching to the choir...but hey I’ll sing the refrain...”Yes...to escape from certain death
They must stop from using using meth
and stifle their notions
that fancier potions
Will add special effects
while doing strange sex...
Oh listen to my warning plea,
And never a meth head buggerer be....”
And never ever their own fault!
It’s always someone else’s fault.
Poor homosexual men are forced into risky and unhygienic sex.
Poor homosexual men are forced into destructive drug abuse.
Something this sinister can only be the work of the Jews.
Self-abuse in a hedonistic self-centered lifestyle.
More money spent on AIDS research than other illnesses.
Gave at the office.
Some do the sex to get the money to get the drugs.
Some do the drugs to dull the pain of the sex abuse memories.
It’s a killer lifestyle.
>>One explanation for this could be that gay men struggle with acceptance in ways straight men don’t have to. Growing up gay, and being forced to keep that a secret for fear of family rejection or neighborhood bullying can create huge insecurities and issues with intimacy.
And what about women meth addicts who are prostitutes? Do they turn to drugs because they are forced to keep their sex worker status a secret for fear of family rejection or neighborhood bullying?
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