Following the emergence of habitual and addictive use of ice or methamphetamine in Australia in the early 1990s, ice use have now tripled amongst drug users in Australia and is sill growing rapidly, particularly in the younger demographic. The number [...]
Following the arrest of a 19-year-old Hong Kong gambling boat worker who was part of a drug trafficking syndicate behind the biggest ice haul in WA history, the need for appropriate community awareness and understand of methamphetamine and the dangers [...]
The Effects of Meth on the Body Those exposed to meth report loss of appetite, loss of concentration, itchy skin, dry eyes, irritability, paranoia, colds, breathing difficulties and sinus problems Crystal Meth is a highly addictive and dangerous [...]
Five men have been charged with drug importation offences after Federal and Victorian authorities seized up to 300 kilos of pure pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient for making methamphetamine. Authorities allege the drug, which is capable of producing meth with a wholesale value [...]
While it’s commonly known the use of methamphetamine, a highly addictive and insidious illegal drug, is a drain on the health care system and a difficult war for health care professionals and law enforcement to win, there is another battle [...]
Ice, also called shabu, crystal, or crystal meth, is a very pure, smokeable form of methamphetamine that is more addictive than other forms of the substance More commonly known by the street names speed, ice or crystal meth, [...]
The West Australian Government is seeking former ice addicts to be part of an advisory group to assist its efforts to introduce compulsory drug and alcohol treatment. Mental Health Minister Andrea Mitchell said there would be a particular focus on [...]
When methamphetamine is smoked, the crystals turn into a vapour that clings to surfaces and permeates into walls, furnishings and in some severe circumstances, structural elements of the property. When people who come in contact with these surfaces, methamphetamine can [...]
Possibly the easiest, most common and dangerous ways of producing meth is a Shake and Bake, or One-Pot Method. As the name suggests, the one-pot method is when meth cooks can produce meth in one sealed container which is generally [...]
It’s been around for some time, but the ice epidemic has reached levels over the past three years that has caught many Australians off guard. While seven per cent of Australians aged 14 years and over have used meth/amphetamines one or [...]
