COMMUNITY 'is' THE SOLUTION
Meth Xpert NZ Blog
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So last time we talked about Meth abuse of children. We talked about how the users of meth and the p cooks “know” what they are doing to those around them. They “know” that it is bad for them and those they surround, but the “high” they get from the use drives them to simply “forget” everything else.   Now let’s talk about a practical approach to combat this abuse.   Some background:   Police stats show a decline in apprehensions of methamphetamine. (Source)   Youth Drug Services clinics show a decline in referrals. (Source)   For the police stats, (possession of methamphetamine) you’ve got ..read more
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Meth abuse and children
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4y ago
Ok. Let’s tackle a big issue.  Perhaps the biggest issue. So, in our line of work, we are in homes that have had a meth lab in it or in homes that has or have had meth users in it.  The sad part of our work is that those homes that we go into and find meth in, we also often find children.   Yep. Children. And Meth.  Together.   I remembered reading an article from November (2016) where a couple were injecting their children with heroin. Uh huh. Injecting their own children with heroin.   Whilst that’s not something you see everyday. For us, in our line of work, we see children living in drug c ..read more
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​Dealing with Meth: A community minded approach.
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4y ago
Our last blog talked about Meth and drug Crime in your neighbourhood, for this blog we want to talk to you about dealing with meth. No, that’s not Dealing Meth. This is definitely not the blog for that.  I’m talking about dealing with the fall out of the Meth epidemic, dealing with the consequences of family and friends falling victim to its insidious grasp, and dealing with the stigma that is attached with the meth user or the P cook or even a township. Ngaruawahia is one such township that has fallen victim to meth.  Not in the sense that the town is rife with  users, not that there are i ..read more
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Meth and drug crime in your neighbourhood 
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4y ago
Pretty much every week we see some headline about a “P bust” or a “Meth dealer” that has been apprehended by police. But this week just gone (end of October 2016) we have seen a whole community take a stand against the scourge that is Methamphetamine. Ngaruawahia, a small township in Waikato, New Zealand, has had its fair share of meth problems.  With burglaries on the rise (most burglaries are driven by the need for money to pay off the drug debt to the offenders dealer) and petty crime occurring daily, the township had seen better days. Then, up stepped an unlikely solut ..read more
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