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Australian children being offered drugs in disguise
Bangladesh News.Net
Saturday 10th May, 2008
Parents in Australia have been warned that their school-going kids are being offered the drug ice, disguised as sweets.
Rozelle Public School in Sydney's inner-west has sent a note to parents as a caution that their children could be approached and given crystal methamphetamine in chocolate, strawberry and peanut flavours.
Written in the school newsletter, the cautionary note says that the substance 'looks like a crunchy sweet'.
One of the parents, on conditions of anonymity revealed that the warning had greatly concerned the school community.
Australia is fighting an ice epidemic, and this is supported by statistical evidence which sows that 170,400 people aged 14 and older used methamphetamines in New South Wales in just one year.
According to a report almost one in 10 Australians older than 14 were found to have tried methamphetamines, including speed and ice.
However, data collected by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows that drug incidents in schools are falling.
Three children at a South Coast primary school were taken to hospital in October last year, after they appeared to have taken ecstasy at lunchtime after mistaking them for strawberry sweets.
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Anonymous
05-11-08, 12:39 AM |
Maybe we should lock up or KILL the doctors who over perscribe amphetimines to young children.
harmful / hazardous alcohol use and dependence is estimated to cost the Australian community $7.6 billion in direct and indirect costs
Alcohol contributes to over 3,000 deaths per year and 50,000 hospitalisations, and is implicated in:
7% of all male deaths ........
2% of all female deaths................
20-40% of acute general and psychiatric hospital presentations
18% of all injuries presenting to emergency departments
50% of assaults ..........
44% of fire injuries ...........
34% of falls and drownings ...........
30% of car accidents ...........
16% of child abuse .........
12% of suicides ..........
10% of industrial accidents..............
Memory loss occurred after drinking for:
12% male drinkers aged >40 years
7% female drinkers aged >40 years
20-30% of all other age groups
Alcohol-related Brain Injury (ARBI)
prolonged high risk use of alcohol may result in specific psychological and biochemical changes
disturbance in executive function, often confused with dementia
METHAMPHETIMINE is more potent than amphetamine.
It is considered to be more addictive,
and responsible for greater harm. Users
of methamphetamine are more likely to report
anxiety, aggression, paranoia and psychotic
symptoms compared with amphetamine Physiological effects are
similar to cocaine, but longer lasting
Long-term Physical Effects of methamphetamine is eating disorders, anorexia or nutritional
deficiency.
I would rather a heap of anorexics around rather than one agro drunk yobo
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Anonymous
05-10-08, 11:26 PM |
Idiots
You sure you not muslim extremists maybe you should go back to your own country where they chop the hand off for thievery.
In Australia we have certain values.
Legals drugs kill way more people than any illegal drug.
We have tried the lock em up method only leads to corruption and a more people in jail.
As far as selling to school children throw the book at them!
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hadagutfull
05-10-08, 11:05 PM |
Drug Dealers
Drug dealing in any form is one offence that requirers a manditory jail sentence of at least 5 years.
After all it is premeditated and they
push the drugs for financial gain even if it is to supply there own habit,it is still for financial gain!!
Lock them up nothing else is working.
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ChineseJew
05-10-08, 08:46 PM |
Australian children being offered drugs in disguise
Death penalty to the dealers! Of course their human rights must be protected.
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