9 September 2016 – After discovering that 70% of rental properties in just one area were contaminated by meth, a private investigation and meth testing company have determined that only routine testing by landlords and property managers is going to curb the damage to property caused by the use of this drug. Often, drug users will […]
6 September 2016 – Author: Kathryn Powley – Source: Herald Sun HOMEOWNERS and landlords of ice-contaminated properties are being let off the hook — while others are being made to fork out tens of thousands to make them liveable again. A Herald Sun investigation has found inconsistencies across councils, with some allowing former drug lab […]
30 August 2016 – Author: Katie Shevlin – Source: Bay of Plenty Times Routine can get boring. The nine to five grind is exactly that – a grind – but the fact is, when you have to work, routine is mostly unavoidable. We all do what we need to do to break up the monotony. Some […]
31 August 2016 – Author: Emma Reynolds – Source: news.com.au FORMER ice addicts are visiting schools to tell children aged just 11 years old about their experiences with crystal methamphetamine. It’s a confronting program based on a US model called The Meth Project, in which ex-users describe what the drug that’s become the scourge of […]
7 June 2016 – Author: Leighton Keith – Source: Stuff.co.nz A grandmother who discovered her New Plymouth home was contaminated with methamphetamine wants testing for the drug to be made mandatory when properties change hands. Kerryanne Hopkins bought her two bedroom unit on Frankley Rd in October 2015. The 49-year-old carried out renovations and planned to sell it for a small profit. […]
24 August 2016 – Author: Henrietta Cook – Source: The Age Most Australians remember him as the friendly giraffe who pulled into their school in the Life Education van to talk about healthy eating. But as society has changed, so too has Healthy Harold the giraffe. The Life Education van is updating its repertoire to […]
13 August 2016 – Authors: Lea Emery and Jessica Elder – Source: Gold Coast Bulletin Arrests soar by 250 per cent in less than a decade ARRESTS for possessing the horror drug ice have soared by 250 per cent on the Gold Coast in less than a decade. Police statistics show the shocking rise in use […]
10 June 2016 – Author: Laura Walters – Source: stuff.co.nz Houses contaminated through the cooking or smoking of methamphetamine is a growing issue in New Zealand. Just one session smoking the Class A drug, also known as P or Ice, could be enough to produce a positive test result. However lack of national testing standards […]
21 July 2016 – Author: Georgia Forrester – Source: stuff.co.nz The testing for methamphetamine in Manawatu homes has doubled for at least one agency in the past two years. NZ House Surveys has seen requests for inspections spike amid growing awareness and concern for illnesses related the manufacture of the drug. . Founder Jeff Twigge said more than […]
28 May 2016 – Author: Kathleen Noonan – Source: The Courier Mail WHAT does meth in the suburbs look like? Right now, I can tell you what it sounds like. Take a steer, teach it to swear profusely and savagely, tie it up, then torture it and listen. Like that. What does meth look like? […]
16 June 2013 – Source: news.com.au FORMER “meth labs” are being sold and rented to families across New South Wales, with no legal requirement for real estate agents to disclose the property was once used to produce illegal drugs. Unlike laws which require agents to disclose any “material facts” relating to a suspicious death at […]
4 June 2014 – Author: Stephen Smith – Source: sourceable.net All around the world, a growing phenomenon of using private and often rented accommodation as laboratories for producing methamphetamine is causing enormous headaches for property owners and neighbours and spawning a new wave in construction related litigation. Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, P or […]
20 May 2015 – Author: Alyse Edwards – Source: ABC News Cleaning up meth labs set up in public housing has cost the Queensland Government more than $600,000 in the past three years. Queensland has the dubious honour of leading the nation in methamphetamine production, with more clandestine drug laboratories uncovered each year than anywhere else […]
11 June 2016 – Author: Katherine Powley – Source: Herald Sun A SIX-year-old boy was found with the same levels of methamphetamine in his system as an adult drug abuser after his family unwittingly bought a house that had been used as an ice drug lab. The shocking case has led to warnings for prospective homeowners and […]
13 October 2015 – Author: Rebecca Puddy – Source: The Australian It is only a matter of time before a child dies in a house that was once used as a meth lab, clean-up companies have warned. Steamatic national marketing director Mark Silveira said business was booming for cleaning companies across the nation after a rise in […]
30 April 2016 – Author: Adele Redmond – Source: stuff.co.nz The tell-tale signs of a meth lab never change. Stained walls and door frames, trash overflowing with pill packets, blackened windows and CCTV-style security are usually evidence that an ordinary house harbours illegal secrets. MethScreen’s Kevin says New Zealand’s most dangerous drug is often an invisible one. Kevin and partner Tracey have been testing South Island […]
2nd April 2016 – Author: Vanessa Brown – Source: news.com.au “Ice from all angles: Australian Drug Foundation release videos from ex-user, a parent and a doctors point of view.” IT’S the addiction that’s gripping parts of the country like never seen before. It’s been around for some time, but the ice epidemic has reached levels […]
21 March 2016 – Author: Deidre Mussen – Source: stuff.co.nz It was a dream that went up in smokes. A Kapiti couple and their two young daughters moved into what they thought was a perfect house. However, now they are homeless after discovering their newly-bought house is contaminated with methamphetamine. Their plight and others in […]
29 February 2016 – Author: University of Queensland – Source: UQ News The total number of regular methamphetamine users in Australia is 270,000 – greater than the populations of either Hobart or Townsville. The statistic is a key finding of two scientific reports, both featuringProfessor Wayne Hall from The University of Queensland’s Centre for Youth […]
20 September 2015 – Author: Ava Benny-Morrison – Source: Sydney Morning Herald A septic tank had to be dug up, bedrooms gutted, land decontaminated and surfaces scrubbed. Making the house, north of Sydney, habitable again after it was used for an elaborate meth lab was no small or cheap feat. “That job was $250,000 by the […]