Lambie's son 'betrayed' by ice addiction claims
The son of independent Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has denied he is battling a drug addiction, saying he felt ‘betrayed’ that his mother had gone public about his crystal methamphetamine use.
Senator Lambie made headlines earlier in the year when she told Parliament her 21-year-old son was addicted to the drug, commonly known as ice.
She has since insisted she wants to rid the country of the problems caused by the drug.
However, her son Dylan Milverton has told News Corp he had no warning that his mother planned to go public with his drug use.
“I wouldn't mind finding out her side as to why she done that. I do believe it was probably for her own political pull,' he said.
“…Now I’m just known to all as a f---ing meth head.”
Mr Milverton admits he does use ice, however, he said his use was social and occurred just once or twice per fortnight.
He said he felt betrayed by his mother when she publicly commented with first alerting him to her plans. He told News Corp he only became aware of the speech when he recieved a series of text messages afterwards.
Senator Lambie said in August she was forced to ask her son to leave home after his erratic behaviour made living with him unsafe.
"Even with my title, I have no control over my son," Senator Lambie told parliament last month.
She was arguing against a government plan to strip welfare from the criminally insane while insisting parents should have the right to force their children into drug rehabilitation.
The outspoken senator subsequently told the ABC she had had a long personal struggle with her son’s alleged addiction to drugs. She said he began using drugs from the age of 13.
"I can't help my son, because we can't involuntary detox them," she told ABC.
"I might as well be talking to a pharmaceutical drug.
"It's not my son."
