Traditionally in the past, heroin was regarded as the drug that represented the greatest threat to the community. And, um, certainly that was true. But what we're witnessing in recent years is the growth in amphetamine use, to the point where, I believe, it is now rivalling heroin as a problem. The amphetamine made in these labs won't deliver the oblivion of heroin. Instead, it offers something perhaps far more alluring.
Speed is euphoria.
There's nothing that can really beat that feeling. Amphetamine, also known as speed, is now the the most commonly injected drug in Queensland. Users will increasingly use heroin as well. But amphetamine is as cheap, or cheaper, than heroin and there are five times the number of recent users. Most of them inject, and the speed, popular a decade ago, pales in comparison to today's product.