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Meth Does Not Discriminate
Beyond the stigma associated with drug use and addiction, the specter of crystal meth imposes a degree of shame that presents unique obstacles for everyone from users seeking treatment to community members who are often unaware of its local prevalence.
This seminar will address the complexities of meth use, its effects, and consequences: sponsored by Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, Metropolitan Community Churches; Global HIV/AIDS Ministry, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Deconstructing Meth will be held Saturday, October 10, 9:00AM-3:00PM at Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, 115 Simpson Avenue, Toronto.
The event is offered without charge and will be facilitated by Joshua Love, Director of Metropolitan Community Churches’ Global HIV/AIDS Ministry.
"Crystal meth knows no boundaries. Its impact cuts across all lines of human difference: age, race, gender, sexual identity, nationality, social circumstance, and economic condition. Much like the global spread of HIV infection, meth affects all people, whether they realize it or not," said Love, a survivor of meth addiction and HIV.
While local campaigns have been increasingly waged to prevent, legislate, and provide education about meth use in recent years, international leaders of Metropolitan Community Churches began to identify a larger pattern of needs that demanded a more systemic response. Their approach encompasses innovative methods that address the proliferation of meth use, as well as the pervasive misunderstandings and conflicting emotions that frequently accompany its unacknowledged presence.
Having already developed the necessary infrastructure and leadership for addressing issues of such widespread concern, Metropolitan Community Churches, with generous funding from the Elton John AIDS Foundation and other sources of support, expanded the scope of its successful Global HIV/AIDS Ministry to include a novel and inventive Drug and Addictions Ministry.
Metropolitan Community Churches is currently in the process of producing an educational curriculum guide and accompanying DVD that will be available later this year.
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