Aussie Drug-User Group Talks Up Meth

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is in a tussle with the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIIDUL).

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says methamphetamine users are violent and threatening towards hospital staff and are putting a huge strain on emergency departments.

The AIIDUL balks at calling meth users violent. Spokeswoman Annie Madden says that meth users are usually just recreational and not psychotic.

"There are some people who do, a minority who do, and that's usually related to extended periods of binge using, with people not sleeping, not eating - that sort of thing," she said.

Heh. I guess using meth is pretty much okay then, but don't call meth users violent or they'll get mad.

Curiously, isn't it interesting and appropriate that the pro-illegal-drug advocacy group's initials (AIIDUL) are pronounced "idle?"