Ice, Ice, Baby!
Well, the public has been informed that approx. 73, 000 people in Australia are classed as 'ice' addicts.
"The ANCD report, released at the National Press Club, finds that nearly 10 per cent of Australians have tried methamphetamines, a psycho-stimulant drug which goes by the street names ice, speed and base."
When I did some clinical at sexual health & HIV clinics, I was informed about ice ... what I was told was that it is much quicker process to become addicted to ice than to other drugs e.g. heroin. Ice gives a quicker and more advanced high than other drugs and is more easily available than other drugs. Ice has actually been around for a quite awhile but it is only now that it has hit the television media (from my perspective ... which is most likely completely inaccurate due to the amount of times I actually watch the news), and hopefully something will be done.
"More treatment programs are crucial, with only an estimated one-third of methamphetamine addicts receiving help."
Yet upon watching "Requiem for a Dream" recently (it is a bluntly honest movie against the usage of drugs), it was pointed out to me that none of the addicts in the movie actually wished to stop taking the drugs regardless of the circumstances which they started taking the drugs. And it is that point which hits the issue square on the head ... people need to have the desire to change ... starting from the inside and working outwards. Non-addicts also have a responsibility ... to support and nurture people who want to change, who desire to change, who struggle to change.
If you know anyone who is taking drugs, try not to judge them ... peer pressure is a extremely hard thing to stand up to and once they are hooked on the drug ... it really isn't that easy to stop. So please, help your friends, your family, your co-workers change if that is their desire.
"The ANCD report, released at the National Press Club, finds that nearly 10 per cent of Australians have tried methamphetamines, a psycho-stimulant drug which goes by the street names ice, speed and base."
When I did some clinical at sexual health & HIV clinics, I was informed about ice ... what I was told was that it is much quicker process to become addicted to ice than to other drugs e.g. heroin. Ice gives a quicker and more advanced high than other drugs and is more easily available than other drugs. Ice has actually been around for a quite awhile but it is only now that it has hit the television media (from my perspective ... which is most likely completely inaccurate due to the amount of times I actually watch the news), and hopefully something will be done.
"More treatment programs are crucial, with only an estimated one-third of methamphetamine addicts receiving help."
Yet upon watching "Requiem for a Dream" recently (it is a bluntly honest movie against the usage of drugs), it was pointed out to me that none of the addicts in the movie actually wished to stop taking the drugs regardless of the circumstances which they started taking the drugs. And it is that point which hits the issue square on the head ... people need to have the desire to change ... starting from the inside and working outwards. Non-addicts also have a responsibility ... to support and nurture people who want to change, who desire to change, who struggle to change.
If you know anyone who is taking drugs, try not to judge them ... peer pressure is a extremely hard thing to stand up to and once they are hooked on the drug ... it really isn't that easy to stop. So please, help your friends, your family, your co-workers change if that is their desire.
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