I
ce is the street handle for
crystal methamphetamine
hydrochloride, which now
accounts for 90 per cent of all
methamphetamine seized by
police in Australia since the mid-’90s.
Generally coming as a crystalline
powder or in colourless “rocks”, ice can
be smoked, snorted or injected.
WHAT IT DOES:
The intense “high” or “rush” experienced
from taking ice can last up to 12 hours,
depending on how many times it is
consumed. Users experience feelings
of exhilaration and arousal. The drug
works by flooding the brain’s receptors
with monoamines. With repeated use,
these receptors are killed off, so that
the user is unable to feel pleasure at
all without more ice. Hence its highly
addictive nature, both physiologically
and psychologically