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Drug deaths in Australia hit record high at 142 fatalities a month

Drug deaths in Australia hit record high at 142 fatalities a month

By Aisha Dow  28 August 2018 — 12:01am Australians are underestimating the danger of popular sleeping pills and sedatives “at their peril”, as a record 142 people die every month in accidental drug overdoses, a major new report warns. Annual drug deaths almost doubled in the decade to 2016, a period that claimed 13,471 lives through unintentional ... Read More