Several years ago, crystal methamphetamine swept through regional areas with devastating impact.
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Also know as ‘ice’, the drug created significant worries for people’s personal safety, health and property.
It was labelled a crisis, an epidemic and there were demands from communities for their elected representatives to do something about this new scourge, which had for years, been a problem only for our cousins in the major cities.
Lately, we seem to be focusing less on what is effectively, a cheap and but incredibly harmful way to escape reality.
It’s why a drug forum hosted by Cootamundra Rotary Club may be very important to reminding us of our roles in our community.
Dependency on any substance, whether it’s coffee, cigarettes, alcohol or crystal meth is not good.
Cootamundra’s top cop Inspector Frank Brown rightly points out that the issue of drugs and drug use is not only a problem for police, but for our entire community.
Inspector Brown says correct information about drugs such as crystal meth are one step towards reducing the impact, and eliminating it as a problem.
The Rotary Club’s forum on August 14 will provide a clear and direct insight into the impact of crystal meth.
For many of us, listening to learned experts isn’t a compelling way to educate ourselves and sometimes it takes someone sharing a lived experience.
Former ice user Robyn Lewis will do exactly that – share her lived experience in a way that not only shows the damage the drug can do, but potentially give us ways to help those people that have used crystal meth.
Miss Lewis will talk about the need for communities and families to maintain connections.
The people who use this drug – for whatever reason – may change because of what the drug does, casting these people aside and leaving them to their own devices is not ideal.
For years we’ve had Alcoholics Anonymous which provides a connection to community for people affected by alcohol abuse, there’s understanding in those groups which is vital for people on their journey of recovery.
Miss Lewis says family or community connection is not about enabling addicts, but giving them a reason to return to us.