NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LESBIAN AND GAY ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS SERVING THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES SINCE 1979 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 Winter, 2005
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LESBIAN AND GAY ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS 
PRESIDENT’S CORNER 
FOCUSES ON GROUPS 
LOS ANGELES CAMPAIGN 
AMA PRESIDENT MAKES 
CHERYL PARKS ON LES-
"Stonewalled: Police abuse and
people in the U.S." is a nation-
www.blackaids.org 
Naltrexone (ReVia) This drug 
SONS WITH CO-OCCUR-
tion.” It says: “Populations—
illness & addiction, the Center
population. Few studies have