Sixty new beds dedicated to rehabilitation for people addicted to the drug ice are on track to be opened by January, says WA Mental Health Minister Andrea Mitchell.
Fifty-two dedicated residential rehabilitation beds and eight low-medical detox beds were announced as part of $14.9 million to be spent by the government in 2016-17 tackling methamphetamine use.
In 2013, 3.8 per cent of people in WA reported using amphetamine or methamphetamine during that year, with the rate of use lower than a decade ago but higher potency means the drug is causing more harm to the community, according to the government.
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