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Opioid-related drug use kills three Australians each day: report

A used needle at a safe injecting room

A used needle at a safe injecting room Source: SBS

Three Australians die each day from opioid-related drug use.


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By Jessica Rowe, Charlotte Lam

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Three Australians die each day from opioid-related drug use.


And more than one in 10 people have used illegal opioids or misused prescription drugs, with the number of deaths doubling over the past decade.


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