What is this Ice Task Force going to do?

[donnashuggy]

For those addicted to the drug.

[lionrose.7]

We call it P in New Zealand, Australia and New Zealamd are two of the Countries with the highest use of this Drug.

It turns beautiful young people in to old people covered in sore in a couple of years.

It is the worst drug ever, changes a persons personalty.

Any one who sells it should go to jail for life, because they have ruined lives

[gleee58]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

My cynical view is that it is to blame the victim so that the navy will emerge with very clean hands, and to boost the poll figures for you-know-who.

All that the bluster will do is to encourage more drug importing.  It hasn't worked in the past.

I had to look up TPP, I have not been following that.

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Peter Whish-Wilson has been writing a bit about it, as have others.  The common complaint is the secrecy.  Every articles I've seen about it raises concerns about the lack of benefit to Australia, on balance, and about the ISDS clauses.

[lionrose.7]

Look at these before and after picture of Meth takers.

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Picture+of+meth+takers&biw=1093&bih=452&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ...

[softail-joanie]

Drug addicts around here get free housing. probibly other benifits too, they kinda have it made. Worst drug in the world is tobacco / ciggerettes, ect. People do that, ruin their health and get disability.  The breathing association gives them a choice between getting their bills paid, caught up electric/gas, ect. or a free air condisioner every two years.

I don't know what ice is, but i'll try it. Let me go to the freezer in dad's garage, that stuff is cold, really mess me up.

[cherry*135]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

What is this Ice Task Force going to do?

   For those addicted to the drug.

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Nothing yet.

Mr Abbott said the ice taskforce will examine all existing efforts to address ice and identify ways to take a systematic, comprehensive and coordinated approach to education, health and law enforcement.

While these initiatives are being rolled out at the local, state and territory level, there is a role for the commonwealth government to assist in co-ordinating and assessing their effectiveness in addressing the ice epidemic,’ he said.

The taskforce will provide an interim report to Mr Abbott by mid-year.

[myoclon1cjerk]

A PR stunt,but then,I'm a cynic.

[alexander*beetle · Accepted solution]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
A PR stunt,but then,I'm a cynic.

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Every reason to be a cynic considering the Council for Alcohol and other Drugs with over 46 years of research available has been axed. As was the Aboriginal Council for Alcohol and other Drugs. And over $200 million funding for treatment programs cut. One has to wonder who is going to advise this TaskForce when all the experts have been give the boot. Perhaps Wiki will give them the answers. 

[cherry*135]

As for PR...

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has questioned what Tony Abbott's ice taskforce will achieve and appealed for "courageous" leadership on the bigger problem of alcohol.

Mr Kennett has called for a total ban on alcohol advertising and sponsorships, saying the key to tackling the ice epidemic is education.

His stand was endorsed by the president of the Australia Drug Law Reform Foundation, Alex Wodak, who said he found it hard to take the setting up of the ice taskforce seriously.

"It's hard to not take the view that he [Mr Abbott] is a politician desperately fighting for his political survival, whose thought bubble for the day is, 'Look over here at this shiny thing I've just done'," Dr Wodak said.

As Mr Abbott announced the taskforce on Wednesday, Mr Kennett took to social media to brand alcohol the "biggest mind-changing drug" and contributor to road deaths, "lethal king hits" and domestic violence.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/alcohol-a-bigger-problem-than-ice-sa...

[donnashuggy]

I found this rather astounding http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-07/one-in-six-nsw-motorists-test-positive-for-drugs-over-easter/6...

[poddster]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

are you really serious about the law in relation to that?

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I am 100% in favour of the law  being administered to anyone who violates the law.