Citation: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/30/world/asia/north-korea-drugs/index.html?c=world
Ice in this article means 'methamphetamin', which is used as drug.
I'm ashamed of not knowing this compound, despite the fact that I major in chemistry.
Anyway, people can be addicted to methamphetamin. I wonder whether users have already known its effect.
As is often the case with developing countries, people eat or drink something without noticing its safety. A famous story is that some mothers fed their children with contaminated milk, and their children were dead in an African nation.
I realized how important education is.