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In his late teens Jason started taking ecstasy and speed every few weeks with his friends and partner at the time. Several years later he tried ice and began taking it about once a week with friends and sexual partners....

Jacob started smoking cannabis in his late teens when he was studying for a tertiary qualification as he found it helped him concentrate on his studies. Since then he’s smoked it on a daily basis and says it is now become a ‘habit’, which he...

Jack began taking heroin occasionally in his twenties and stopped in his early thirties after his doctor prescribed him morphine and Xanax® (alprazolam). Over the next few years, he began to think he was ‘hooked’ on morphine and Xanax®....

Ethan began taking various drugs with friends in his late teens. Over the next few years he began taking speed regularly and later ice. Looking back on his early thirties he now describes himself as having a ‘full-fledged addiction’ to ice....

Callum began smoking cannabis in his mid-teens, and has continued to do so regularly since then. After breaking his back in his early thirties, he was prescribed opioid medication to manage the pain associated with his injury....

Angelo began drinking in his early teens at family functions and his consumption increased a few years later when he started going to parties with friends. He then started drinking in the evenings after work and more heavily on the weekends when out with friends....

Dean began taking ice and GHB in his early twenties with sexual partners. He continued to take both regularly and after about two years he began to think he might have an ‘addiction’ to ice. In his early thirties, his family became aware of his...

John first tried ice when he was in his twenties. Over the years his consumption gradually increased and he currently takes ice a couple of times a week. He’s tried several kinds of drug treatment, including counselling and psychiatric treatment, and at the time of...