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Crystal meth factfile
By Mike Tyler
April 8, 2015 - The Australian government has established a national task force to tackle the rapidly growing problem of addiction to crystal methamphetamine, also known as “ice”, across the country.
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One of Australia’s largest drug rehabilitation services, Odyssey House, reports that 40% of drug users entering its rehabilitation programme cited amphetamines such as ice, base or speed as their leading problem, up from 33% in 2013. This compares with heroin/opiates (11% of admissions in 2014, down 42% from 2013) or cannabis (14% of admissions, down 17.6%).