Prostitute who spoke up in documentary about meth use and availability in Suva says she's received death threats

Prostitute who spoke up in documentary about meth use and availability in Suva says she's received death threats

By Vijay Narayan , Iva Danford
13/03/2020
Elaine. Photo: SBS

A 22-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.

Elaine is a former meth addict who Drug-Free World helped get clean.

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 the used syringes and empty packets are always just thrown there.

Monroe says her family has been receiving death threats because of the video.

She says people in two vans visited her brother in Nadi yesterday and threatened to visit more if they went to the police.

Monroe says the brother and the family did not lodge any complaint because they are scared.

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She says meth has taken over the streets and has had the younger generation locked in.

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A drug dealer also said that he is selling methamphetamine for 50 to 100 dollars.

He confirms in the documentary that meth or ice can easily be bought on the streets in all towns.

The dealer says this is easily available for the last two years.

He also says taxi drivers, street workers late at night, party people and even kids are using it.

They also say prostitutes as young as 16 years old are also on ice.

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.

Crystal methamphetamine or “ice” is already ravaging Australia’s communities at every level and has officials and residents alike worried about what can be done.

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.

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