Tuesday,
18 June 2024
Dire number of drug overdoses for Australia

WITH the drug overdose crisis in Australia continuing to worsen, Penington Institute has taken the unprecedented step of releasing some early top-line data from its upcoming annual overdose report, published every August since 2018.

The data shows that 2356 Australians lost their lives due to overdose over a 12-month period, almost double the number of Australians who died in road traffic crashes...

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