Ice Wars

Over the last decade, crystal methamphetamine (street name: ice) has become our nations most popular illicit substance, devastating the communities and challenging the health workers and police battling it on the front line.

Small towns are vulnerable to the effects of social dislocation caused by desperate ice users. In Nowra, an astonishing percentage of drivers test positive for methamphetamines and in Lismore a dealer is arrested with a trove of crystal meth. Small town community leaders regularly work with authorities to confront as resolve the issue. We visit Wellington, a small NSW town devastated by ice use.

Over the last decade, crystal methamphetamine (street name: ice) has become our nations most popular illicit substance, devastating the communities and challenging the health workers and police battling it on the front line.

Over the last decade, crystal methamphetamine (street name: ice) has become our nations most popular illicit substance, devastating the communities and challenging the health workers and police battling it on the front line.