Ice (Drug)

Date: 2009

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012499

Description: In a series of four frames two men discuss the government ban of over the counter sales of some cold and flu medicines that contain pseudoephedrine that can be used for the making of 'p'. One of the men comments that this seems to penalise law-abiding people and the other decides that it is 'a sort of pseudo-fix'. Pseudoephedrine is the substance used to illegally manufacture 'P'; Prime Minister John Key has announced a package to tackle P that includes restricting access to the chemicals P is produced from by making pseudoephedrine a Class B2 controlled drug, which makes it prescription-only. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2007

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0008376

Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Tony listing the things you could do if you won $8.7 million dollars - support the P habits of 24 spoilt Auckland socialities for a year; throw a drink in the face of the biggest media jerk in Wellington at half a million launch parties; spy on 16 activists for two years, breaching the bill of rights and scaring the entire country; or eliminate glue ear. Refers to Millie Holmes, the daughter of broadcaster Paul Holmes, and the terrorism raids in October 2007. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0007481

Description: Shows a prison guard leading a bunch of heavily armed storm troopers to a the locked doors of a prison block that is named 'P Block'. He yells at them that this sounds promising. Refers to the uncovering of a large drug operation in Auckland where police arrested 12 people including eight prison inmates in what they called a major drug ring smuggling medicines into the country from China. Police said raids on two prisons and 23 homes in Auckland followed a 6-month investigation into the activities of a well-organized group of criminals involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. Published in Shipping Gazette Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0011342

Description: Two mates chat in the pub. One of them rants about the exploitation of the needy and vulnerable and recommends hanging and the other other agrees thinking that he is talking about power company executives. In fact the first man was talking about 'P' manufacturers. Refers to the overcharging of customers by over $4 million by power companies over the past six years. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009626

Description: Shows a row of people - representing PC eradication, Interest rates, petrol prices, Greens, P, and Gang remedy - banging their heads against a brick wall. See DCDL-0009627 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0007067

Description: Shows a couple smoking 'P', drinking vodka and watching Shortland Street on television. Another person (or it could be a child) lies sick on the floor with a bottle of 'plonk' beside him. A text in the centre of the image says 'Lots of emotive dross, cow-like stares, threats, sex, bizarre medical terms, cliff-hangers, spooky happenings, hand-held camera shots, babies...' Reference to vodka, 'P' and Shortland Street being the 'deadliest cocktail of all'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0000408

Description: Shows the Queen asleep on her throne with her programme over her face. A judge comments to his neighbour that he would have fallen asleep during the speech from the throne as well if he hadn't been off his face on 'P'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0012530

Description: Shows three people involved in a drug deal on a darkened city corner. The two customers are coughing and sniffing and are paying the 'dealer' for Benadryl and Lemsip'. Refers to the news that Prime Minister John Key has announced a package to tackle P that includes restricting access to the chemicals P is produced from by making pseudoephedrine a Class B2 controlled drug, which makes it prescription-only. This means that there will be a ban of over the counter sales of some cold and flu medicines that contain pseudoephedrine and suggests the fascinating notion that people will have to get their cough medicine by shady means. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009627

Description: Shows a row of people - representing PC eradication, Interest rates, petrol prices, Greens, P, and Gang remedy - banging their heads against a brick wall. See DCDL-0009626 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).