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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- An $11 million state ad campaign called me-
not-meth is aimed at ending the wrath of the drug's abuse in gay 
and bisexual male populations.

The Department of Alcohol and Drug programs did extensive 
research on meth use in California and what they found astounded 
them.

Crystal meth use is 11 times more common among gay and bisexual 
men than in California's overall population. Of the 549 gay and 
bisexual men surveyed, 55 percent said they used crystal meth.

Dr. Flynn Martinez said some gay men use methamphetamine in 
conjunction with sex because they said it prolongs the sexual 
act and pleasure.

Experts said the drug lowers inhibitions, increasing the 
likelihood users may engage in unprotected sex.

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the San 
Francisco AIDS Foundation found nearly one in every three gay or 
bisexual men who tested positive for HIV in 2004 used meth.

"That's a bad combination for AIDS, and Hepatitis C, Syphilis -- 
and we have a virtual epidemic of Syphilis in the gay community 
partly built on meth use," Martinez said.