LGBTQ: A Community in Need of Effective Care

• By: Amy Resnik, MHC-LP, CASAC-T Christopher Murphy, MHC-LP Carlton Tanis, CASAC-T Realization Center
• October 1st, 2016
• addiction treatment, crystal methamphetamine, cultural competence, LGBTQ+ community, recovery, stigma, substance use disorders, trauma
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As the current heroin epidemic holds the nation in its grips, due in part to the over-prescription of opioid pain medications, there is another drug that continues to take its toll on the LGBTQ community: crystal methamphetamine. Crystal methamphetamine is not new to this community. According to...