It’s been 18 months since Independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie admitted to the country that her eldest son Dylan Milverton was suffering from drug addiction.
“I am a senator of Australia and I have a 21-year-old son that has a problem with ice, and yet even with my title I have no control over my son,” she said at the time.

"I can't involuntarily detox my own son, because I am not talking to my son any more, I'm talking to a drug. And I can tell you, I'm not the only parent out there. There is [sic] thousands of us."
Following the admission, Dylan was furious, saying his mother had violated his trust and ignored his right to privacy. And like many drug addicts, things got worse for him before they got better.