Kane Alistair Phillips, 22, described the period of his life when he was using the drug as “a blur”.

He appeared before magistrate John Murphy in Wodonga on Tuesday, watched on by a group of visiting high school students.

The magistrate told the students the case highlighted the problems with drugs, which “caused people to lie, cheat and steal” to get their next hit.

“It’s a bushfire wherever you go,” Mr Murphy said of methamphetamine.

“People’s lives are being ruined and ruined and ruined.”

Phillips had made arrangements via text messages to sell 3.5 grams of ice to a covert officer on May 18, 2015.

He told the undercover member he was “cooked” when they met and said he had only been able to obtain a “half ball” of 1.75 grams.

He sold the officer the drugs, which were tested and had an 80 per cent purity.

They made arrangements the following month for Alistair to sell seven grams of the drug.

An associate made arrangements to meet the police officer at the Wodonga TAFE car park where the exchange took place.

Phillips tested positive to methamphetamine after being stopped while driving west on Brockley Street in August and was arrested on October 28.

He was bailed to a Central Coast rehab facility the following month and has remained there since.

Mr Murphy said people thought methamphetamine was particularly bad in Shepparton but said it was a serious problem everywhere, including Wodonga. 

“It's just going to wreck society,” he said. 

“I don't know what the answers are, I really don't. 

“I hope we can catch some ‘Mr Bigs’.” 

Phillips was asked to consider the impact his dealing had had on “kids who may have been caught up in it". 

He must undertake a community corrections order.