Rufus Wainwright: 'No such thing as casual crystal meth use'
Rufus Wainwright says his life got a little "Boogie Nights" there for a while. "I'm a bit hesitant to talk about all this," he says. "... I'm only doing it because it might help somebody - and to say that there is no such thing as casual crystal meth use!" Methamphetamine is one of a number of drugs - including ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol - to which he has turned over the years to bolster his confidence and to propel quests for anonymous sex. Wainwright says crystal meth presents specific dangers - and specific temptations - for gay men. "Years of sexual insecurity, the low-grade discrimination you suffer, the need to belong - speed takes care of all that in one second," he says. Wainwright says on his last big binge he started hallucinating thousands of boxes of porn starring Jerry Garcia. That's when he knew it was time to quit. New York Times
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