Wednesday, May 03, 2006

'Everyone wants to try it and wishes they hadn't' / Worksop Today, 28 April 2006

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"Crystal meth is a very strong amphetamine which gives users a long lasting high – however it can turn users into paranoid wrecks who physically waste away.It's sold as clear or yellow crystals depending on the quality and can be smoked, snorted or injected and is known as Tina, Ice or Nazi Crank.The American media reports use at 'pandemic' proportions, but in the UK its use has been limited to the gay clubbing scene where it is used as a sex enhancer.But now it has permeated into mainstream society, Miss Smith is worried it could be become more widely used, just as the level of heroin addiction in the town is coming down."I hate to say it but give me heroin over this stuff any day," she said."It's sold as a sex drug, making it seem like quite frivolous ,but from what we've seen it is just awful. I've seen people go berserk on it."