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A Gay Meth Addict and a Clinician Explain Addiction and HIV
Psychoanalyst Bradley Jones in his memoir musical Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism…the Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy
A Psychoanalyst’s Insight on Major Issues Facing People With HIV
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Huge Australian PrEP Study Maintains Very Low HIV Rate After Two Years

Among nearly 10,000 gay and bisexual men followed for a cumulative 18,000 years, there have been only 16 new cases of the virus.
Housing Works cofounders Ginny Shubert and Eric Sawyer at the opening ceremony for the Ginny Shubert Center for Harm Reduction

Housing Works Opens a Manhattan Health Clinic for Drug Users

The Ginny Shubert Center for Harm Reduction offers primary care and HIV services.

The Beginning of a Drug-Free, Drama-Free Life

And it all began with a questionnaire and a Cookie.

Leaving a Relationship in Order to Start a New Life

One day it hit me: I was addicted to chaos.
In June 2019, Multnomah County, Oregon, officials discuss the spike in HIV and STI rates.

An Oregon County Sees a Spike in New HIV Cases Linked to Drugs [VIDEO]

In the past 18 months, 42 people who use drugs tested HIV positive in Multnomah County, which includes Portland.

HIV-Positive Gay Men Harbor Stigma About Contracting Hep C

A study of gay and bi men with HIV in Australia who had been cured of hep C found they associated hep C with injection drug use.

Meth Use By Gay Men Remains Stable After 2014 Uptick

We have the 2017 stats, which have not been previously reported. I asked the health departments in all three cities to provide the numbers.
POZ June/July 1994

POZ at 25 — June

A look at June issues from the POZ archives

The Last Time I Used Hardcore Drugs

I rinsed away my six months of sobriety and I could only think about how free my first few moments of being high again felt.

Lessons On Abuse I Had Yet To Learn

A moment of grace—and some amazing advice—from a police officer. Would I take it?

Anywhere But Here

A descent into decadence. But why, and at what cost?

Syphilis Increasingly Transmits Among Heterosexual Drug Users

Although the highest syphilis rates are in gay and bi men, the STI is also rising quickly among heterosexuals.

We All Fall Down

I made it through Black Party weekend sober, but a bigger temptation awaited.

Trans Teens at High Risk for Violence, Substance Use, Suicide, HIV

The CDC found these risk factors were much higher among the 1.8 percent of high school survey respondents who said they were transgender.

Dutch Gays on PrEP Contract Hep C at Rate Only Seen Among Men With HIV

One percent of gay and bi men in a Dutch PrEP study contracted hepatitis C annually; of those cured, one in four were reinfected per year.

Three’s Company Pt. II

Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to climb back to the top, and at this point in 2014, I was headed straight for rock bottom.
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