Speed kills: Associations between methamphetamine use, HIV infection, tobacco use, and accelerated mortality among gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles, CA 20years after methamphetamine dependence treatment

The prevalence of recent methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in the United States (U.S.) has been estimated as 25 –45 times higher than in the U.S. general population (Forrest et al., 2010; Mimiaga et al., 2008). While some recent studies have reported an exceptionally high mortality rate among people who use methamphetamine (Callaghan et al., 2012; Darke et al., 2017; Herbeck et al., 2015; Kuo et al., 2011; Liang et al., 2010; Stenbacka et al., 2010), only one focused explicitly on GBM, and it was limited to men with HIV infection (Carrico et al., 2014).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - November 11, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: R. Colby Passaro, Keenan Ramsey, Eddy R. Segura, Jordan E. Lake, Cathy J. Reback, Jesse L. Clark, Steve Shoptaw Source Type: research