A town in central New South Wales has earned the nickname ‘Antarctica’, because of the amount of ice (amphetamine) being used there.

Crystal meth is devastating regional Australia. We visited Shepparton and Horsham to show the effects of the deadly drug.

Warning: Strong language | Outlaw motorcycle gangs are recruiting children to cook crystal meth and targeting young people in Australian country towns, a Four Corners investigation has found.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=330400771458856&ref=watch_permalink

Crystal meth, or ice, is the perfect destructive drug. It’s easy to make, cheap to buy, highly addictive, and it’s everywhere. Now the Prime Minister has commissioned a new taskforce to tackle this national crisis. And you don’t need to touch ice to be its victim. It’s intersecting with every aspect of Australian life, destroying…

“We now have evidence showing that children living in a contaminated home can have methamphetamine in their system that’s equivalent to an adult ice user.”

Smoking ice ruins lives. Cooking it ruins houses.