DANCE OF DEATH First of three parts CRYSTAL METH FUELS HIV

SF Chronicle ^ | 4 May 2003 | Christopher Heredia

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CRYSTAL METH FUELS HIV The use of crystal methamphetamine has reached epidemic proportions among gay and bisexual men, and Bay Area health officials are warning that the mantra of HIV prevention - safe sex - has been drowned out by a raucous scene of loud party music, cheap meth and reckless intercourse.

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I'll bet that the Democrat/Queer lobbiy will say that Bush isn't doing enought to stop the spread of HIV.

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[zarf]

Why does anybody give a crap what people do to themselves?

Legalize dope, let people get off on their own vices and let Darwin do his thing.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

But it's bad and wrong for a person to criticize "lifestyle choices" like crystal meth and homosexuality.

[Qwerty]

"Legalize dope, let people get off on their own vices and let Darwin do his thing."

I agree.

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Natural selection at work for you.

[The FRugitive]

Scary. That meth stuff should be illegal.

[Qwerty]

"Scary. That meth stuff should be illegal. "

It is illegal. It's still very easy to get.

[Temujin]

I suppose one must do somthing with one's weekend though.

[Yeti]

So, what are we supposed to do, here? Round up the bikers(who control most of te meth trade) to save the gays from AIDS?

[Prince Caspian]

...officials came up with the smoking gun of all statistics: Gay men in California who use speed are twice as likely to be HIV- positive than gays who don't use it.

This is no smoking gun. This is chasing the wind. Folks are always looking for some factor "out there", the tweaking of which will (they hope) eliminate the ill effects of bad individual and societal choices. The only smoking gun is a perversion of thought and lack of personal responsiblity.

[Yeti]

Trying to put forth as cause that which is actually only correlated.

Who is the most promiscuous? The wildest, most blindly hedonistic ones.

Who will do the most of any kind of drug? The wildest, most blindly hedonistic ones.

One doesn't cause the other, they are both caused by a third thig: wild, blind hedonism.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why does anybody give a crap what people do to themselves?

It's "for the chilruns," don't you know?

[livius]

Actually, here in Florida, meth is the big drug with unskilled laborers and other semi-marginal white guys and their girls.

Maybe if Mr. Gay Cutie knew that Bubba One-Tooth was also using meth, that would decrease its charm. Not that I care. If Bubba ever gets sober, he'll probably be a nicer guy than Mr. Gay Cutie.

[Rodney King]

Right. AIDS is rampant among homosexuals not because of their sexual practices, but because they take speed. sure.

[joesnuffy]

Lets see ....giving sodomites clean needles so they can better shoot meth will keep them from getting aids..

Are you sure they arent getting aids from the other "injections" they are prone for?
sheesh....

Just shut off California and turn it into an AIDS colony....like Molaki was for lepers...send them all to one spot isolate them...let them live out their depraved lives without infecting anyone else including recruiting kids into their "death"style (it sure aint a "life" style)

As a tax payer I cant see why my tax dollars have to fund any of this crap...in America or elsewhere...

Now at least I see where the medical funding cuts Pres. Bush made in VA health care are going....off to fight AIDS...

[Contra]

Yeah, it's the meth that makes gay guys have unprotected sex with hundreds of men until they catch AIDS. Yeah, that's it. I also wonder if a lot of these gay guys are using speed for weight loss. They tend to be very fussy about their appearance, like women.

[Age of Reason]

Anyone remember that guy in New York City who said the cops put a plunger in his rectum to torture him?

Seems to me he was out partying when arrested.

I never did hear if he tested negative or positive for any drugs.

Anyone know if any drugs gays use during sex are also pain killers?

Could it have been the cops didn't do it to the guy?

Could it be the guy was on drugs and got hurt while partying and didn't know it.

Then in jail when the drug wore off, he starting hurting and blamed it on the cops?