Taking Australia's Streets In Pandemic Measures: A Case Study
The Drug that is Taking Australia’s Streets In Pandemic Measures
Why should people not use the drug methamphetamine or otherwise known as Ice?
The rapid increase of popularity in the drug ice (methamphetamine) is gripping Australia’s population in pandemic proportions. The recent publicity about the growth of ice usage has been alarming. Every day there is a new explicit case, graphic image or documentary being aired by the media to frighten and discourage society from using the drug called Ice. The dangers of Ice usage would appear to be rising and are being seen locally, nationally and globally. But despite numerous warnings it would appear that the numbers of ice addicts are still increasing and the consequences are destroying the Australian …show more content…
There are numeral health side effects from the dangerous drug. Ice increases the risk of a stroke, anxiety, depression and violent behaviour. Overdoses are commonly seen at hospitals where the individual’s body cannot handle the strain and gives out. People can sometimes get into a habit and go for a whole week without sleeping or showering and many won’t eat when high on ice so they lose excessive amounts of weight resulting in a haggard appearance. Their faces become concaved, dirty and covered in sores that they itch very often because of the common hallucination side effect from ice, “they feel like bugs are crawling under their skin.”8 Their personal hygiene no longer takes priority over the need for another hit. Their bodies become brittle and empty as individuals won’t eat or cannot afford to eat, instead they just get high on ice.
People are never going to stop other people from doing anything. It depends on their resilience, their atmosphere, how they are treated, and what they are going through in life. Because there are people out there that don’t know how to be helped and they don 't know how to ask the question to be helped. There is help out there and those who can guide them and educate them into making better choices but it all comes down to the individual. Education for youngsters and adults of the dangerous drug is the only way to eliminate this
Why should people not use the drug methamphetamine or otherwise known as Ice?
The rapid increase of popularity in the drug ice (methamphetamine) is gripping Australia’s population in pandemic proportions. The recent publicity about the growth of ice usage has been alarming. Every day there is a new explicit case, graphic image or documentary being aired by the media to frighten and discourage society from using the drug called Ice. The dangers of Ice usage would appear to be rising and are being seen locally, nationally and globally. But despite numerous warnings it would appear that the numbers of ice addicts are still increasing and the consequences are destroying the Australian …show more content…
There are numeral health side effects from the dangerous drug. Ice increases the risk of a stroke, anxiety, depression and violent behaviour. Overdoses are commonly seen at hospitals where the individual’s body cannot handle the strain and gives out. People can sometimes get into a habit and go for a whole week without sleeping or showering and many won’t eat when high on ice so they lose excessive amounts of weight resulting in a haggard appearance. Their faces become concaved, dirty and covered in sores that they itch very often because of the common hallucination side effect from ice, “they feel like bugs are crawling under their skin.”8 Their personal hygiene no longer takes priority over the need for another hit. Their bodies become brittle and empty as individuals won’t eat or cannot afford to eat, instead they just get high on ice.
People are never going to stop other people from doing anything. It depends on their resilience, their atmosphere, how they are treated, and what they are going through in life. Because there are people out there that don’t know how to be helped and they don 't know how to ask the question to be helped. There is help out there and those who can guide them and educate them into making better choices but it all comes down to the individual. Education for youngsters and adults of the dangerous drug is the only way to eliminate this