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Rise in unintentional overdose deaths

Woman holding medicine pills in clasped hands close up on hands

Woman holding medicine pills in clasped hands close up on hands Source: AAP

More than 2,000 Australians died from a drug overdose in 2018, eclipsing the number who died on Australia's roads in the same year.


For the fifth consecutive year, more than 2,000 Australians have died due to a drug overdose.

And that trend isn't showing signs of slowing

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