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C – Comprehension Test 1

Listen to the Webcast Ice Use Drops, Heroin Use Rises again and tick the correct answer.

Listen to the Webcast Ice Use Drops, Heroin Use Rises, answer the questions and fill in the gaps.

Part 1

What do the annual drug trend figures show?

What is the chemical term for a drug commonly called ”ice” ?

What is the sphere of Michael Turtle;s coverage?

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Part 2

MICHAEL TURTLE: At the Salvation Army's __________________________________________in Sydney's Surry Hills, there are 10 beds.

The charity's Graham Drew says recently ______________________a change in the drugs that people using those beds are seeking help for.

GRAHAM DREW: Well, I've asked some of our _________________________________and they said over the last few weeks there has been a … they have noticed a trend where there are

_________________in the numbers of people coming in ______________________ice and, correspondingly, a ________________ increase in the number of people using heroin.

Part 3

MICHAEL TURTLE: And that fits with the latest data from the National Drug and

________________

Research Centre.

The centre's Louisa Degenhardt says there's been a trend away from ice, and that's probably because it's now got______________________________________________.

LOUISA DEGENHARDT: And I think it's just experience. I mean, there's a lot of people who have had ____________________________of using the drug, because they've developed problems with it or it's had _____________________negative effects. And I think it's about people learning that there are risks and choosing not to take them.

Part 4

MICHAEL TURTLE: At the Salvo's detox centre, John has ________________himself _________his ice addiction, and he knows all about the negative effects it has.

JOHN: And I've seen myself, like, a few friends ___________and absolutely just been____________,

_______________________aggressive, just going out looking to _______________________looking to get into fights, looking to destroy things, just going along, like people will just set fires in otto bins and just let them __________________________________________________on the ground, like just

____________________________________and aggression really.

MICHAEL TURTLE: The annual drug figures, though, show that heroin ___________________

_____________________________more commonly again.

_______________________________years since the heroin drought was credited with slowing the use of the drug, and Professor Degenhardt believes the ________________________may be on the rise again.

This is probably linked with increased production in places like_____________________________.

For the Federal Government, it presents _________________________________________________

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Part 5

The Minister responsible for_____________________________, Christopher Pyne, claims some credit for the drop in ice.

CHRISTOPHER PYNE: Look, I think it's a combination of factors. One would be the_____________

___________________________ that the Government has run, recently of course on the television but also publicly over the last few years we've taken a very __________ line on the use of

________drugs, and particularly with respect to ice.

I think the media has played an important part in __________________________________the dangers of ice, and obviously drug users are responding to that, which is______________________________.

ELIZABETH JACKSON: And that's Christopher Pyne ending Michael Turtle's report.

A – Comprehension Test 3

Use these words and word –combinations to render the story in the written form.

crystal methamphetamine ice the Salvation Army's detox centre frontline people

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