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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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