The public must stop calling people who use meth"drug addicts"and"junkies"and recognise they have a medical condition if it wants to see an end to the meth crisis,an inquiry will hear this week.
At the fourth day of the special commission of inquiry into ice,the Ted Noffs Foundation’s chief operating officer said ice had been the"number one"drug since 2014.
The growing use of crystal meth has driven an increase in domestic violence in the past five years,a child protection worker has told a special inquiry.
A former addict has said the criminal histories of recovered users should be erased because they are unemployable.
The drugs - worth more than $150 million - were so heavily concealed that investigators observed the accused struggling to dismantle the apparatus.