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   Recently, one-time Democratic donor Ed Buck was indicted   
   following two drug overdose deaths in his West Hollywood   
   apartment in 2017 and 2019. His arrest was long overdue, after   
   continued allegations by Black gay men that Buck had forced them   
   to do drugs in his apartment house and demands for answers   
   coming from the LGBTQ+ community for two years with no action by   
   authorities in response.   
      
   But amidst all the controversy about how Buck got away with this   
   horrendous alleged behavior for so long, there is one piece   
   missing: a real, in-depth conversation about the gay community’s   
   ongoing struggle with crystal methamphetamine addiction.   
      
   The videos of Buck during his appearance at the Los Angeles   
   County Courthouse show a gaunt shadow of a man. He was skeletal,   
   with deep caverns where cheeks used to be and veins protruding   
   from his neck to his forehead. While court filings charge that   
   Buck’s sexual proclivity was to inject Black male escorts with   
   meth and there is no proof yet that Buck himself was a meth   
   addict – he appeared with the look of so many gay men — of all   
   ages — who are addicted to meth.   
      
   It’s beyond time to start talking about it.   
      
   I’ve seen the devastating impacts of meth addiction firsthand.   
   One of my closest friends started using crystal meth a couple of   
   years ago. Previously a successful businessman, he has now lost   
   all of his friends, his family and his business. He spends his   
   days searching for meth. Ten years ago, I lost a partner to   
   crystal addiction. He relapsed after two years of sobriety and   
   eventually died on the street.   
      
   Meth is dangerous for many reasons — partially because it’s so   
   cheap and can be made in a frying pan at home using sinus, cold   
   and other over-the-counter medicines. It’s also readily   
   available, being sold on the streets, on “hook-up” and dating   
   apps, and in gay bars — often under the seemingly innocent name   
   “Tina.”   
      
   At St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, the community health   
   center I lead, we treat thousands of members of the LGBTQ+   
   community — and the overwhelming majority of patients who access   
   treatment at our substance abuse programs are addicted to   
   crystal meth.   
      
   As it stands, as little as 5% of crystal meth users can get and   
   stay sober without institutional help. Yet this raging epidemic   
   which has plagued and ravaged the gay community for over 20   
   years still bears little mention from national LGBTQ+   
   organizations, gay elected officials, and the mainstream media.   
   This means there are few programs, resources, and virtually no   
   government or private grants in place to combat a drug addiction   
   so lethal that it literally alters the chemical make-up of the   
   brain.   
      
   Additionally, in the gay community meth is linked to sex –   
   meaning there is less inhibition and more risk for HIV and other   
   STDs. And while PrEP may help prevent HIV infection, the CDC   
   reports that syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia continued their   
   record-breaking rise in 2018.   
      
   https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/10/13/ed-bucks-arrest-   
   should-spark-outrage-over-gay-meth-epidemic/   
      
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