Ua lata ina toatele atu tagata e maliliu i Ausetalia mai le 'onana i vailaau poo fualaau nai lo i latou e maliliu i faalavelave faafuase'i i taavale i luga o le alatele.
I se lipoti faatoa faasalalauina, na iloa ai o le toatele o tagata o loo lamatia mai le soona faaogaina o fualaau o le itupa o tane i nuu i tua.
O le tele o fualaau nei o vai e tala mai i fale talavai mai se pepa a se foma'i. O fualaau e faatagaina i le tulafono. Peita'i ua toatele atu tagata e maliliu i le soona faaogaina o vailaau nei nai le aofa'i e maliliu mai vailaau faasaina.
O le suesuega na faia e le Penington Institute, ma na faaalia e le faatonu John Ryan, o le toatele na maliliu i le 10 tausaga e tau mai i le 2014, o le itupa o alii i le va o le 30 i le 59 tausaga le matutua.
E le gata i tagata na maliliu, ae o nisi na aafia i auga matuia e le toe mafai ona faafo'isia le amlosi i le tulaga na iai muamua.
RYAN
"I think this is a crisis. We've seen a 61 per cent increase in the last 10 years of fatal overdoses. There are a lot of people that don't die from overdose but are permanently injured. So we're really dealing with something that's preventable, doesn't need to happen and is happening increasingly and the grief and loss that families experience is really something that we don't talk about nearly enough."
