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happened a lot over here, lately. 1 think somebody should talk to those folks, find out what ice <br /> they were doing. !guarantee that every time we see that on TV, we all think it was somebody <br /> fucked up on ice! The rage is just fucking, flipped-out rages, man. 'The people 1 meet on it <br /> that deal it or do it, they're real scary, they have real dead eyes! I don't think they feel <br /> anything for anybody! (529) <br /> The following woman describes how ice has destroyed her social world, even though she herself has <br /> no intention to quit. <br /> I see a lot of things going down with ice. A lot of my friends gel all busted.... Sifher my <br /> friends go in a hole big tune, going to prison, they get into froub/e< friend younger than me <br /> just passed away a month ago. his girlfriend shoot hurt, he die! 1 heard that a deal went <br /> bad. She had Po do it, they were gonna shoot her or him, she had to do it....b~le was a local <br /> boy, a good solid friend ..rest gangster kind of brothers, but they not make trouble to me or my <br /> family...the saute friends still on the Sartre run, or in programs! ~y close, close lriends are <br /> I in prisons or programs. I really messed up our lives. (459) ' <br /> i <br /> An important finding emerging front this study concerned the eff~ on individuals and <br /> communities from the scarcity of marijuana due to the eradication campaigns. Users often reported <br /> this was a major contribution to the increase in the use of meth especially in Honolulu. In many <br /> communities it had a devastating effect. As one respondent stated. <br /> The Ice use on the Waianae Coast is greater Phan a lot of other plae~s in Phe StaPel This is <br /> like a centre! distribution center for ice. It's a known face among the drug addicts and users <br /> on the island. !t's easier to get Phan geed' It's noP much more expensive than weed, either! <br /> The amount of people here that use ice is increasing because people who Couldn't find weed <br /> were starting to find ice sealer/ Atenty guys l know use Ice because they can°t get pot! !'d <br /> rather see them smoking pakolodo c <br /> ease they were rrtellova~, nice peo~e. ~n ice, they change <br /> into robbing houses and carrying guns /n less than one month. Things they never did on weed <br /> (468) <br /> Sum <br /> ~ This Chapter presented an extensive examination of the major negative consequences <br /> experienced by respondents in this study. In providing a systematic integration of the qualitative and <br /> quantitative data, we were able to do more than merely highlight Significant issues and problems. The <br /> respondents, themselves, provided the meaning and context in often complex situational illustrations. <br /> It should be stressed that these illustrations, themselves, were able to portray a web of effects and <br /> consequences which tapped into the real-life dilemmas facing these users. Rather than a linear model <br /> of problem correlations, this chapter attempted to Construct a mosaic of competing events, beliefs, and <br /> conditions inhabited by our respondents. <br /> <br /> i <br /> 123 <br /> <br />