"Ice" - concerns and responses

An editorial recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia describes the patterns of increasing use of methamphetamine over the past then years but argues that we can do something about it.  “Ice” (crystal methamphetamine): concerns and responses is by Margaret Hamilton and Adrian Dunlop, who write, "Methamphetamine has been around for some time. Although it is now available in a crystal form that is more potent and more readily smoked than earlier forms, no-one should feel impotent in the face of widespread alarmist commentary about this drug."   

The authors discuss the recent National Ice Taskforce Report in an attempt to explain the evidence of more regular and greater levels of dependent use among people who use the drug. They call for governments, health services and the community in general to respond to these problems promptly.