The Resource The ice age : a journey into crystal-meth addiction, Luke Williams
The ice age : a journey into crystal-meth addiction, Luke Williams
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- Summary
- A topical, insightful investigation into a drug that has taken a ferocious grip on societies around the world - told by a man intimately acquainted with it. Luke Williams was a freelance journalist researching addiction to crystallised methamphetamine (commonly known as crystal meth or ice) when the worst possible thing happened - he became addicted himself. Over the next three months, he was seduced by the drug and descended into psychosis. This confronting and illuminating story charts Luke's recovery from the drug, and his investigation into its usage and prevalence in Australia and the Western world. In examining what led to his addiction, Luke also explores the social problems that surround ice, scrutinising whether its abuse is in fact an epidemic, with what we're experiencing now merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg, or yet another moral panic about the underclass. Luke traces the history of methamphetamine from its legal usage in the early 20th century to its contemporary relevance as one of the most foreboding and talked-about illicit drugs in the world, and his search for answers sees him visiting meth labs, interviewing addicts and law-enforcement officials, and witnessing firsthand the effects of the drug on individuals, families, and the healthcare system. Combining memoir with reportage, The Ice Age is a vital, compelling first-person account, and an investigation into a drug that is fast becoming the subject of national discussion throughout the Western world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 365 pages
- Note
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-365)
- SOC.
- Isbn
- 9781925106848
- Label
- The ice age : a journey into crystal-meth addiction
- Title
- The ice age
- Title remainder
- a journey into crystal-meth addiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Luke Williams
- Subject
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- trueDrug abuse
- trueDrug addicts -- Australia -- Biography
- trueFormer drug addicts
- Ice (Drug) -- Social aspects -- Australia
- trueJournalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueMethamphetamine -- Australia
- trueAddiction -- Social aspects
- trueMethamphetamine abuse
- Methamphetamine abuse -- Australia -- Biography
- Williams, Luke
- Williams, Luke -- Drug use
- Methamphetamine -- Australia -- History
- trueAustralia -- Social conditions
- trueAustralian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A topical, insightful investigation into a drug that has taken a ferocious grip on societies around the world - told by a man intimately acquainted with it. Luke Williams was a freelance journalist researching addiction to crystallised methamphetamine (commonly known as crystal meth or ice) when the worst possible thing happened - he became addicted himself. Over the next three months, he was seduced by the drug and descended into psychosis. This confronting and illuminating story charts Luke's recovery from the drug, and his investigation into its usage and prevalence in Australia and the Western world. In examining what led to his addiction, Luke also explores the social problems that surround ice, scrutinising whether its abuse is in fact an epidemic, with what we're experiencing now merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg, or yet another moral panic about the underclass. Luke traces the history of methamphetamine from its legal usage in the early 20th century to its contemporary relevance as one of the most foreboding and talked-about illicit drugs in the world, and his search for answers sees him visiting meth labs, interviewing addicts and law-enforcement officials, and witnessing firsthand the effects of the drug on individuals, families, and the healthcare system. Combining memoir with reportage, The Ice Age is a vital, compelling first-person account, and an investigation into a drug that is fast becoming the subject of national discussion throughout the Western world
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10541284
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Luke
- Dewey number
- 362.2995
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Williams, Luke
- Williams, Luke
- Journalists
- Methamphetamine abuse
- Drug addicts
- Methamphetamine abuse
- Methamphetamine
- Ice (Drug)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a journey into crystal-meth addiction
- Label
- The ice age : a journey into crystal-meth addiction, Luke Williams
- Note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-365)
- SOC.
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-365)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054325523
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 365 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925106848
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904008582
- Label
- The ice age : a journey into crystal-meth addiction, Luke Williams
- Note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-365)
- SOC.
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-365)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054325523
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 365 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925106848
- System control number
- (OCoLC)904008582
Subject
- trueDrug abuse
- trueDrug addicts -- Australia -- Biography
- trueFormer drug addicts
- Ice (Drug) -- Social aspects -- Australia
- trueJournalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueMethamphetamine -- Australia
- trueAddiction -- Social aspects
- trueMethamphetamine abuse
- Methamphetamine abuse -- Australia -- Biography
- Williams, Luke
- Williams, Luke -- Drug use
- Methamphetamine -- Australia -- History
- trueAustralia -- Social conditions
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