Of ice and men: POLL

By Emma Swain
Updated September 16 2014 - 5:27pm, first published September 11 2014 - 9:30pm

In Australia the use of crystal methamphetamines has increased drastically since it first hit our streets in the 1990s. According to the 2012 Global Drug Survey, more than 6000 Australians surveyed had tried methamphetamines– most commonly crystal meth, also known as ice – at least once in their lives. And regional Australia is, quite tragically, becoming the centre of an ice epidemic.

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