The above PSA put things in pretty stark perspective, but apparently people still do have questions. On the "sunny side" (yuk-yuk), it seems we're not the only ones who think the medical and social fields are lost when it comes to affecting genuine recovery for addicts. Yesterday we were bitching about yet another study that came to the brilliant conclusion that methamphetamines aren't healthy and that no one is really proposing a solution. Well, we stand corrected.

Today we received an e-mail from Canadian Jim Stephens from All Positive Options announcing the launch of the International Collaboration On Methamphetamine, a service which purports to allow medical and social service professionals to engage in a freer exchange of worldwide information on meth addiction and treatments. It's no cure, but at least it's doing something rather than telling everyone what they already know.

The site also does one better and dispels all the fallicies concerning meth and meth users. "We've even had people question why we have a section on 'HIV and meth' because 'only queers get HIV,'" Jim tells us in an e-mail. "Of course they always send those types of emails anonymously, but not only am I constantly amazed at how ignorant some people are, I'm more than a little surprised they can type!"

Hilarious—and, sadly, true.