Amphetamine Threat to Australia Australian Federal Police have warned Australia is under threat of an explosion of amphetamines. Amphetamines from the Golden Triangle in Asia are overtaking heroin as the illicit drug provided by drug criminals. (Source: The Sunday Telegraph 17/10/04) DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMENTS-… Read More »Amphetamine Threat to Australia
Deadly Ice Hits Australia A new deadly party drug called Red Mitsubishi is now being used at parties in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. This illicit drug causes high blood pressure, high body temperature and racing pulse rates that cook the victims from the inside. Red… Read More »Deadly Ice Hits Australia
Another Ice Death A suspected fatal party drug death in Brisbane over Easter is expected to be caused by methamphetamine. The 25-year-old man collapsed at a rave party and was treated for a drug overdose but died in hospital. Police are concerned about the increasing… Read More »Another Ice Death
Ice Babies Doctors are now treating babies addicted to the illicit drug ICE. The addiction of the babies occurred because the mother used ICE whilst pregnant and the baby was born with the addiction. Medical treatment of babies addicted to ICE is very difficult as… Read More »Ice Babies
Bikie Gangs Push Speed Outlaw motorbike gangs have a strong involvement in producing amphetamines particularly with small and versatile laboratories. These motorbike gangs control amphetamine production and distribution particularly around some areas of Sydney. The most common amphetamine used in Australia is SPEED. Amphetamine prices… Read More »Bikie Gangs Push Speed
Ice Babies 2 ICE users are frequently giving birth to stillborn, premature, dangerously underweight or distressed babies. The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has advised that the damage done to babies by pregnant ICE addicts is still largely unknown. ICE use has contributed… Read More »Ice Babies 2
Toxic Ice Battery acid and drain cleaner are just two of the toxic substances put in the concoctions sold as the drug ICE. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has warned East Asian crime gangs are producing ICE in super labs trying to… Read More »Toxic Ice
The high cost of Ice A recent study in the USA has found that the illicit drug ICE (methamphetamine) is highly costly to the community. The study identified addiction costs, premature deaths, shortened lives, rehabilitation, crime, criminal justice, lost productivity, toxic chemical fires, child protection… Read More »The High Cost of Ice
Cocaine Trafficking – Sydney Focus A recent survey indicates that 770,000 Australians aged 14 years and over had ever used cocaine. The same survey indicated that over 169,000 of these had used cocaine in the previous 12 months. Sydney is the focal point of cocaine… Read More »Cocaine Trafficking – Sydney Focus
Cocaine Use Up The proportion of Australians that used cocaine in the previous 12 months increased significantly from 1 per cent in 2004 to 1.6 per cent in 2007. This represents an additional 111,000 Australians using cocaine. The proportion of the Australian population that had… Read More »Cocaine Use Up
