Australia's drug problems
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This is a short story on the meth crisis and other drug problems in Australia, the characters in
it I created for a different story. "Andrew Scipione says that meth "would be our number one problem in terms of the drug that would be causing us the most grief," and adds that it is far more socially damaging than heroin, cocaine, or other illicit drugs. "We are in danger of losing an entire generation of Australians," he says wearily. (https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/heroin)
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