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Overdose deaths on the rise in Victoria

The Coroner’s Court of Victoria has released damning data on the number of deaths caused by overdose in the last decade, with increases in the number of fatal incidents overall and attributed to illicit substances. The trend is worsening too, with 584 Victorians suffering a…

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