Tag: methamphetamine
Black New Yorkers Hospitalized for Amphetamines at Alarming Rates
In late October 2012, just days before Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, Dominic ...
Rising Meth-Involved Deaths of Major Concern Amid Estimated 2018 Overdose Fall
For the first time since the 1990s, fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2018, according ...
Arrested While “Panicking on Meth”—An Hour Later, He Was Dead
Alex Billmeyer was panicking when police swarmed a house in Dubuque, Iowa on May ...
Why Is Harm Reduction for Queer Meth Users So Understudied?
It’s no secret that the US harm reduction movement prioritizes opioids and the people ...
Why Crystal Meth Has Made a Big Comeback in Philadelphia
Meth! Meth, crystal. Who wants meth?” shouted a middle-aged man in a parka earlier ...
Call to Develop Meth Addiction Meds Mustn’t Obscure Woeful Lack of Access to Existing Tools
Meth’s Resurgence Spotlights Lack of Meds to Combat the Addiction,” reads the headline of ...
Chemsex First Aid Is Part of Queer Men’s Long History of Activism
Chemsex—or the use of GHB, methamphetamine or mephedrone in sexual settings in the queer ...
Dem Donor Ed Buck Accused of Exploiting Black Gay Men in “Slave Play” After Two OD Deaths at His Home
Two Black men have died at the West Hollywood home of a prominent Democratic ...
Medical Providers Are Failing Queer Men of Color Who Use Crystal Meth
Increasing rates of crystal methamphetamine use amongst Black and Latino queer men is often ...
With the Focus on Opioids, Don’t Forget About Meth and Cocaine
The “opioid crisis” has dominated drug conversations for at least the past decade, while ...
