Playgrounds, public toilets and even inside family homes: The unsuspecting places covered in drugs inside the Australian city named meth capital of the world
- Adelaide playgrounds, train stations and money were found with traces of drugs
- Areas swabbed in the city were found with traces of cocaine and cannabis
- The findings come after Adelaide was named the meth capital of the world
It was last week named the world’s ice capital, and further research has found Adelaide is literally covered in traces of drugs.
Traces of cocaine and cannabis have been found at family friendly parks, playgrounds, train stations and on money in the city.
After Adelaide was branded the world’s meth capital, Today Tonight headed out into the city with testing kits to see just how bad the city’s drug problem is.
Adelaide Railway Station (pictured) was one of the areas found positive for traces of cannabis
The Hindmarsh Square Playground (pictured) was swabbed and found positive for traces of cocaine
Adelaide Railway Station and the Playford Alive Town Park in Munno Para were both found to have traces of cannabis.
Meanwhile, traces of cocaine were found at the Hindmarsh Square playground.
Swab tests conducted on loose cash came up positive for cannabis and cocaine.
Swab tests were also conducted on Parliament, the Kensington Gardens playgrounds, the Burnside Village toilets and Colonnades Train Station, but those areas tested negative for drugs.
Adelaide was branded the world’s ice capital after tests on waste water in cities around the world found the South Australian city had more milligrams of ice per person that any other place tested.
Adelaide had between 507mg and 659mg of ice per 1,000 people every day.
The Playford Alive Town Park in Munno Para (pictured) tested positive for cannabis
The study analysed waste water samples from 120 major worldwide cities between 2011 and 2017.
The only city to come close to Adelaide was Seattle, with 418mg on average over the three years the city’s wastewater was tested, according to ABC News.
No other US cities took part in the investigation.
Canberra and Toowoomba had between 270 and 331mg of ice per 1,000 people.
Despite the startling figures, University of South Australia research associate Richard Bade told the publication methamphetamine use was actually on the decline.
‘To put into a bit of context, the study was from 2017 and in fact since that time methamphetamine use in South Australia has actually been on the decrease,’ Dr Bade said.
‘And there’s been plenty of initiatives around that reduction of methamphetamine use in Adelaide.’
In March, the Australian Federal Police uncovered 18kg – or $13.5million worth – of methamphetamine (pictured) hidden in modified 4WD recovery winches in Adelaide