Health
The tourist hotspot that’s become regional WA’s drug overdose capital – WAtoday
More people from WA die from unintentional drug overdoses than anywhere else in the country, but it’s the regions where the majority of these fatalities occur.
Mr Ryan said the situation in Mandurah was “rapidly deteriorating”, with people dying unnecessarily while “all levels of government and society are not doing enough to keep them safe”.
The institute’s annual overdose report also revealed that for the first time on record, WA had the highest rate of heroin-induced overdose deaths per capita, overtaking Victoria.
Overdose deaths in Mandurah have trebled since 2004.
In 2018, 227 West Australians died from an unintentional drug overdose an all-ti…
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