A year-old prostitute, Elaine Monroe, who spoke out in a documentary on SBS that she and other prostitutes took methamphetamine every night and that it was easily available on the streets in Suva, has now said that she is in danger. Elaine says her life and her family are in danger after the airing of the documentary as they have received death threats. She also confirmed that she and other prostitutes always injected methamphetamine every night at the short cut from Rewa Street to Dhanji Street in Samabula, the same short cut used by primary and high school students from a nearby school in the day.
She says people in two vans visited her brother in Nadi yesterday and threatened to visit more if they went to the police. He confirms in the documentary that meth or ice can easily be bought on the streets in all towns.
He also says taxi drivers, street workers late at night, party people and even kids are using it. Hard drugs like methamphetamine are highly addictive and reports continue to show that those who get into these hard drugs do not really know that there is a high possibility that they will get addicted to it.
Methamphetamine is extremely addictive and many people are uninformed of the dangers and addictive potential of the drug and are more likely to try it despite the severe consequences of developing an addiction. Methamphetamine addiction and its use is particularly dangerous as it is associated with drug-induced psychosis, violence, and erratic behaviour. Meth does not allow people to sleep, so users are often awake for several days at a time and lose touch with reality. Experts say many people initially use methamphetamine when under the influence of alcohol and thinking they would not end up depending on it - but just one time can be enough to start the roller coaster ride of addiction.
Meanwhile, Australia had already said 4 years ago that across Australia, officials are talking about soaring rates of meth addiction, warning that levels of meth use have reached pandemic proportions. A large group of people who get into meth are young executives, university students and the unemployed who get targetted by friends and associates who are already on meth.
