The dingy drug underworld where methamphetamine use is at an all time high has been exposed.
New Zealand’s drug use is ‘worse than ever’ as people everywhere are being hooked by its ‘evil clutches’, according to Kelly Lyndon.
The 35-year-old author told Daily Mail Australia business people, office workers and people with families and jobs were among those hooked on the deadly drug, not just the stereotypical ‘gang members’.
‘It is right in front of us, but you don’t see it,’ Ms Lyndon said.
‘There are users and dealers everywhere and you’d be surprised who they are.
‘Yes it is gangs who are making it and pushing the sales, but the majority of users aren’t gang members and nor do they have any gang connections.’
New Zealand’s drug use is ‘worse than ever’ as people everywhere are hooked by its ‘evil clutches’, according to Kelly Lyndon (pictured)
In her novel, Crystal Reign, she explores the murky meth underworld full of swinger parties, severed limbs.
The 35-year-old said she also witnessed people first hand falling into the drug’s evil trap, including her ex-boyfriend and a family friend.
Ms Lyndon saw the effects of meth when her friend ‘took that first pipe’ and ‘never put it down’.
‘He was falling into the depths of hell, but taking everyone he loved for the ride,’ Ms Lyndon told New Zealand Herald.
‘They think they are in control, it ends up destroying everything they have. They end up in the gutter, with nothing, or in jail, even dead.’
Ms Lyndon told Daily Mail Australia ice users became a ‘heightened version’ of themselves, becoming more confident and alert before quickly getting hooked.
‘It initially makes you feel so much better. But it doesn’t last,’ she said.
‘It could take months to turn, and if you use it sporadically sometimes it takes years, but in the end you need more of the drug to keep that buzz and the more you take the less it works.’
In her novel, Crystal Reign, she reveals the murky meth underworld full of swinger parties, severed limbs and murder as users fall deeper into the world of hell (stock image)
Hamilton Alcohol and Drug Community Support Trust director Stephen King said everyone from teenagers to 60-year-old middle-class white men were using the drug, with the addictive drug becoming more widely used than alcohol, Stuff reported.
‘There’s a rise and it’s right across the board. There are 700,000 people in New Zealand with addiction-related problems,’ Mr King said.
‘The brain learns that methamphetamine is better than food, better than sex, music, better than anything else the brain has seen.
‘But ultimately, you pay the price.’