Methamphetamine:

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Methamphetamine The Impact

Detective Chief Inspector Jason Ashwood
Methamphetamine National Working Group
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The Wave of Addiction
Meth Users in Treatment (of total) 1995 2.8
2005 8.2
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Where did that come from?
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Combat Meth Act
As of 2/2007 Source EPIC/CLSS
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Key Lessons Learnt

• Estimate they know about 1 for every 100 users, 1
  out of every 10 labs. The problem is already
  established before it is recognised as such
• Small incidents of use and manufacture can
  increase massively within three years
• It was hard to persuade the establishment that it
  would take such a grip

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Primary Drug of Abuse USA 2006
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The Impact on Law Enforcement

• Costs
• 2005 - Sherriff's healthcare budget doubled in
  four months
• Clan lab teams created at significant cost
• - 5,000 - 20,000 to clean up each lab
• Demands
• Specialist units formed staff abstractions
• Significant increases in policing demand - crime
• Officer safety issues
• Increased court and police time and costs

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Impact on the Community

• Physical and emotional harm to families and
  individuals
• 80 increase in domestic violence
• 20 of foster child cases are related to meth
  abuse in most states
• Financial burden on existing local services
• Impact on housing and the environment
• Increase in crime and fear of crime

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Impact on Health Services

• Treatment services 93 return to use
• General health e.g. Risk of a stroke is five
  times higher
• Meth Mouth - 10,000 in treatment
• Psychiatric services long term effects on users
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Social services
• Accident and emergency admissions

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The Rise in Australasia

• Australia
• 1997 58
• 2000 150
• 2003 314

• New Zealand
• 1
• 9
• 200

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Meet Matty
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The Impact on Users
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Are we Prepared?