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Coronavirus’ dramatic effect on Australian drug overdoses revealed – The Advertiser
Australia lost more than 2000 people to drug overdoses in a single year but the true impact of the coronavirus crisis won’t be properly understood until 2022, a new report has found.
Australia lost more than 2000 people to drug overdoses in a single year but the true impact of the coronavirus crisis wont be properly understood until 2022, a new report has found.
Penington Institute, an independent, not-for-profit drug research organisation, released its new report into fatal overdoses, revealing Australia has now lost more than 2000 people to drugs for five years in a row.
From 2014 to 2018, 10,834 Australians have lost their lives to fatal drug overdoses.
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