Four Corners: Season 2023, Episode 29

2023 - 29: Breaking the Cycle

"Breaking the Cycle", reported by: Grace Tobin....

I've never met anyone like the women in this week's story.

They're young, pregnant and addicted.

One sits beside me on a bed, her hand resting on her belly as she describes her use of methamphetamines and cannabis.

"I never wanted to be a pregnant drug user," she says.

It's a moment I can't forget.

Amid Australia's decade-long battle with ice, thousands of babies are born each year exposed to their mother's drug use.

These women let us into their lives as they desperately try to get help for themselves and their unborn children.

Four Corners reveals a system largely unwilling to deal with the health crisis — but there is some hope.