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Every week in Queensland, 20 children are taken into state government care as a result of methamphetamines.
The devastating effect of the drug ice on Queensland families has been laid bare in disturbing statistics revealed during budget estimates.
More families who come into contact with Child Safety are struggling with the scourge of ice.
Methamphetamines were a major factor in 39 per cent of cases where Child Safety decided a child was in need of protection.
That is up from 32 per cent two years ago.
In most cases – 78.1 per cent, or 809 children – the type of methamphetamine was ice.
Most of the children affected by their parents using ice were under the age of five (56.2 per cent).