![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/deadly-sex-party-drug-exploding-in-uk-city-fuelling-fears-of-addiction-crisis/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Methamphetamine.jpg&description=Crystal meth use is on the rise in Manchester - and since the coronavirus pandemic, the drug's price has also dropped to around £40-60 a gram, down from around £100-120 two to three years ago A deadly drug that can lead to long-term mental health issues and heart problems has been exploding in Manchester and experts fear the current addiction crisis will get even worse. Crystal meth use is on the rise in the city since the coronavirus pandemic, a study by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University and Greater Manchester Combined Authority has found. The price of the drug has also dropped - with a gram now costing around £40-60, down from around £100-120 two to three years ago. The deadly drug - known as 'Tina' or 'T' - has now largely replaced mephedrone as a drug of choice in Manchester's gay chemsex scene, reports the Manchester Evening News. Several users interviewed for the GM Trends study said its use was widespread. "From personal experience, being involved in that scene in Manchester, I can certainly say that in the last 12-18 months, there's been an explosion of use of crystal meth around Manchester," one told the researchers. "Two to three years ago, there's probably only two to three people supplying it in the area. I currently have on my phone, 23 crystal meth dealers in Manchester. "It's unheard of. There's probably more, springing up all over the place. Each one is like, not regularly, but when I've bought stuff from other places, each one is saying how busy they are. "A lot of them have moved into it from other stuff because the other stuff [mephedrone] isn't being bought anymore." Another user said: "It's becoming more normalised because more people are doing it, very quickly. Crystal meth used to be - if you Googled 'crystal meth' you saw a photo of some woman, spots all over the place. "I would be horrified to have taken that, looking back. But everything now is just 'Tina, Tina, Tina!'" While researchers found meth was being used across Grea){kind=link}
Crystal meth use is on the rise in Manchester – and since the coronavirus pandemic, the drug’s price has also dropped to around £40-60 a gram, down from around £100-120 two to three years ago
A deadly drug that can lead to long-term mental health issues and heart problems has been exploding in Manchester and experts fear the current addiction crisis will get even worse.
Crystal meth use is on the rise in the city since the coronavirus pandemic, a study by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University and Greater Manchester Combined Authority has found.
The price of the drug has also dropped – with a gram now costing around £40-60, down from around £100-120 two to three years ago.
The deadly drug – known as ‘Tina’ or ‘T’ – has now largely replaced mephedrone as a drug of choice in Manchester’s gay chemsex scene, reports the Manchester Evening News.