Qld’s $8.9b drug habit skyrockets

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s latest wastewater drug monitoring report for August 2020 found the pandemic had “altered the drug landscape in Australia”.Methamphetamine (ice) consumption dropped to the lowest levels recorded in four years of testing as the pandemic disrupted supply chains.But ice was still the nation’s most consumed illicit drug by “a large margin”, according to the report. “Interestingly, however, the COVID restrictions appear not to have had a…



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