Ice use reaches crisis point in Victoria

By Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie
Updated October 21 2014 - 1:59pm, first published August 30 2013 - 8:37am
Recovering ice addict 'Dean', in western Victoria, is one of an escalating number of people using the drug in country Victoria. Photo: Jason South
Recovering ice addict 'Dean', in western Victoria, is one of an escalating number of people using the drug in country Victoria. Photo: Jason South

His record was 18 days. Two-and-a-half weeks without sleep and fuelled by methamphetamine, ''Dean'' descended into a madness that threatened to rip apart his entire family.

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