Meth has devastated the gay community for decades. A new treatment offers hope. Benjamin Ryan Do you want to be a 50-year-old meth addict?
For Roger, the enormity of what he had lost during his nearly two decades of off-and-on methamphetamine use and what more he had to lose hit home hard when a man he was dating asked him that question.
Roger, who was 47 at the time, had already suffered a major ischemic stroke thanks to meth, the powerfully addictive stimulant that had long since taken over his life.
So when Roger, who is from Dallas and asked that his last name not be published for fear that meth s stigma could hurt his career, heard that a study was looking for people like him to test a treatment for meth use disorder, he jumped at the chance.