Ice epidemic could "bring Australia to its knees": commissioner
Xinhua, March 31, 2015 Adjust font size:
New South Wales police commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned the ice epidemic could ruin Australia.
Use of ice more than doubled from 2010 to 2013 in Australia.
An Australian Crime Commission report released last week also found use of ice was increasing.
"If we don't adequately address this problem, it's not an overstatement to say that it could bring us to our knees as a nation," he wrote for News Corporation.
"This monster could steal everything we as Australians cherish so very much and it could be taken from right under our noses."
"The effects of the methamphetamine sets off a dangerous combination of euphoria, confidence, energy and strength, coupled with anxiety, paranoia and severe panic attacks."
"The end result is that users, including slightly built men and women, can become incredibly formidable for even the biggest and most experienced of my officers to deal with." Endi