The world may know Australia as that great southern land, famous for its open spaces, endless surf, scary spiders, sporting prowess and Steve Irwin. The dopamine center gets affected by ice, and when he’s on it, he thinks he’s the greatest rap star in the world, and when he’s off it, he’s suicidal. He’s not on ice but he’s back on marijuana. Wylie isn’t out of the woods yet, Daphne sighs. But, Daphne says, “he told them ‘mum saved me.’ And I did.” ![]() Police told her she could be charged with deprivation of liberty and Wylie was asked if he wanted charges to be laid. When her story went public, it caused a national uproar. “That’s when we made the cage, because he would have died on ice. In desperation, she became Wylie’s jailer to stop him harming himself or buying drugs. Wylie became increasingly violent and volatile, but no help was available, she says-he’d been turned away from drug rehabilitation centers due to his suicidal tendencies, run away from a mental health ward at the local hospital, and couldn’t stay away from his dealer. ![]() ![]() “He had an ice pipe in the bathroom at his cousin’s. “It was the only thing I could do.” Traumatized by a string of family tragedies, her son had gone from dabbling in cannabis and alcohol at 13 to crystal meth-or ice, as it’s popularly called-by 15.
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