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Tuesday, 28 November 2023
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Breaking the Ice
16-year-old ice user pleads guilty to more than 50 charges
A scene from the car crash on Sutton Street earlier this year. Picture: Lachlan Bence.
Illicit drug education key to reduction: recovering addict
Amy McKie
A $1000 a week drug habit and the need to transport drugs and weapons to fuel it was the breaking point for one Margaret River resident at 20 years-of-age.
Break ‘ice’ scourge by dobbing in drug dealers
"Crystal meth" or "ice" is renowned for potentially causing erratic and violent behaviour in users.
The madness of ice addiction
Libby Bingham
RECOVERING: Alex, who is currently undergoing detoxification at Serenity House. ‘‘Ice can make you feel like the person you should always be for a while,’’ he says, but after several days ‘‘hell unwinds’’. Picture: Grant Wells.
The cost of ignoring the ice problem
Lachie Leeming
Biripi ACMC's Anthony Paulson, Lauren McDermott and Troy Cochrane. Anthony will be speaking at the ice information forum in Taree on August 20.

This map shows drug offences per 100,000 population for each Local Government Area. It represents the rate of all drug offences recorded in the 2013/2014 financial year. All data is sourced from NSW Police.

Ice-related raids across Southern NSW | Photos, Video
Braidwood arrests. Photos NSW Police Media.
Ice fight: media coverage across regional Australia
The Advocate, Burnie, Tasmania
Ice takes a stranglehold on Victorian towns
Rania Spooner, Tammy Mills and Nino Bucci
Recovering Ice addict "Harry" on the farm in western Victoria, in August 2013. Photo: Jason South, The Age.
Behind the scenes: the Border's ice craze
Tammy Mills
Reporter Tammy Mills
The ice in their veins
Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie
Recovering ice addict 'Dean', in western Victoria, is one of an escalating number of people using the drug in country Victoria. Photo: Jason South
16-year-old ice user pleads guilty to more than 50 charges
A scene from the car crash on Sutton Street earlier this year. Picture: Lachlan Bence.
Illicit drug education key to reduction: recovering addict
Amy McKie
A $1000 a week drug habit and the need to transport drugs and weapons to fuel it was the breaking point for one Margaret River resident at 20 years-of-age.
Break ‘ice’ scourge by dobbing in drug dealers
"Crystal meth" or "ice" is renowned for potentially causing erratic and violent behaviour in users.
The madness of ice addiction
Libby Bingham
RECOVERING: Alex, who is currently undergoing detoxification at Serenity House. ‘‘Ice can make you feel like the person you should always be for a while,’’ he says, but after several days ‘‘hell unwinds’’. Picture: Grant Wells.
The cost of ignoring the ice problem
Lachie Leeming
Biripi ACMC's Anthony Paulson, Lauren McDermott and Troy Cochrane. Anthony will be speaking at the ice information forum in Taree on August 20.
Breaking the ice: Bega High students share knowledge gained at community drug forum
Albert McKnight
Kerri-Ann Perry and Rhiannon Chapman attended the Eden Ice Forum recently to learn about supporting people on the drug ice.
Katherine resident takes drastic action on ice scourge
Andrea Crothers
COMMUNITY CONCERN: Northern Territory government select committee member Gerry Wood and chair Nathan Barrett listen to community testimony at a hearing into ice usage in Katherine on Tuesday.
Eden ice forum to discuss growing drug scourge on South Coast
The recent community ice forum in Batemans Bay was well received.
Ice arrests at Fishermans Paradise
Ice arrests at Fishermans Paradise
Police crackdown on drugs continues
Tim Carrier
Some of the items seized by Esperance Detectives following a series of drug-related arrests in the region. Photo: WA Police Media.

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