Women Aged 18-29

Anika has smoked cannabis on a regular basis since her mid-teens. She says she smokes to ‘chill out’, and ‘be more open…happy and content with life’.

Eva first tried ice when she was a teenager with some friends, thinking it was speed.

When Louise first started smoking cannabis regularly, her parents encouraged her to seek alcohol and other drug counselling.

Scarlett first tried ice in her early twenties but didn’t take it again for a couple of years. Then she started taking it with her partner every couple of months.

Melanie started taking ice in her early twenties and after a while she began to feel like her consumption had become ‘problematic’.