Specialist Service for Removing Meth Residue in QLD
About Meth
Did you know that Australia has the highest use of methamphetamines (meth) in the English-speaking world?
A 2013 survey by the National Drug Strategy household survey showed that about 1,300,000 Australians or 7% of the population had used methamphetamines and 400,000 had done so in the last 12 months. That’s 1 in 70 people had used meth in the last 12 months. Estimates are that approximately 900,000 homes are contaminated from our 20 years’ legacy of methamphetamine use.
Methamphetamine (Meth) is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system..
With street names such as meth, chalk, ice, P, speed, and crystal, among many other terms, it takes the form of a white, odourless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol.
Developed early in the 20th century from its parent drug, amphetamine, methamphetamine was used originally in nasal decongestants and bronchial inhalers. Like amphetamine, methamphetamine causes increased activity and talkativeness, decreased appetite, and a pleasurable sense of well-being or euphoria. However, methamphetamine differs from amphetamine in that, at comparable doses, much greater amounts of the drug get into the brain, making it a more potent stimulant.
It also has longer-lasting and more harmful effects on the central nervous system. These characteristics make it a drug with a high potential for widespread abuse. Two main forms of methamphetamine are crystal rock and powder.
