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Recreational cocaine use linked to conditions that cause heart attack

Recreational cocaine users may have higher blood pressure, stiffer arteries and thicker heart muscle walls than non-users -- all of which can cause a heart attack. The Australian study is the first to document some of these cardiovascular abnormalities in seemingly healthy cocaine users long after the immediate effects of cocaine have worn off.

Published
13 March 2013
From
Science Daily
Mental and emotional health
HIV and the Power of Escape

For the men of the AIDS Generation when death was an inevitability, sex and substances provided an escape, not only from the realities of AIDS, but also from the stigma and discrimination experienced by so many of us growing up as gay men.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
Recreational drug use
Crystal meth and London gay men – examining the evidence

Last month the medical journal The Lancet published a news feature, describing an increasing number of London gay men who take methamphetamine (crystal meth), including a significant

Published
11 February 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Epidemiology and behaviour
Matthew Todd: The roots of gay shame

News that HIV rates in gay men remain stubbornly high is depressingly predictable. There is an epidemic of chronic alcohol and drug misuse, fuelled by society's homophobia, which the Terrence Higgins Trust needs to get real about.

Published
04 February 2013
From
The Guardian
Behaviour change interventions
Text messaging as an effective HIV prevention intervention for metaphetamine-using MSM

A study has found that text messaging can be an effective way to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). Participants received a two-week intervention of social support and health education text messages in real time.

Published
31 January 2013
From
AIDS,gov
Recreational drug use
Is London’s gay scene self-harming through sex and drug use?

David Stuart of gay men's drug project Antidote discusses increases in the use of methamphetamine and mephedrone in London's gay scene and an increased tendency to inject them.

Published
24 January 2013
From
Pink News
Recreational drug use
High-risk drug practices tighten grip on London gay scene

The rise in use of crystal methamphetamine, with more men injecting drugs, is creating a perfect storm for transmission of both HIV and HCV, as well as a catalogue of mental health problems.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Recreational drug use
The Private War That Killed Spencer Cox

When Spencer Cox died on December 18, 2012, in New York City, the official cause of death was AIDS-related complications, which is understandable if post-traumatic stress, despair and drug addiction are complications related to AIDS. Spencer believed that this connection exists.

Published
03 January 2013
From
My Fabulous Disease
Recreational drug use
Meth vaccine shows promising results in early tests

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have performed successful tests of an experimental methamphetamine vaccine on rats. Vaccinated animals that received the drug were largely protected from typical signs of meth intoxication. If the vaccine proves effective in humans too, it could become the first specific treatment for meth addiction, which is estimated to affect 25 million people worldwide.

Published
01 November 2012
From
Scripps Research Institute
Recreational drug use
Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study

A six-year study of Britain's drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decriminalisation.

Published
15 October 2012
From
The Guardian
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