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Man charged with manslaughter – Strike Force Modtus
The over-50s are most likely to overdose. Here’s how older people use drugs
Man charged with manslaughter – Strike Force Torsin
Green Party Bill to protect overdose emergency callers from legal risks receives cross party support
Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans
Why ‘deaths of despair’ are higher in former coal mining communities
ILR, unions offer NYC construction workers innovative emotional first aid
Back pain during pregnancy is often dismissed as a passing discomfort − a nurse explains why it should be taken seriously and treated
Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
Member’s Bill Opportunity To Save Lives
An animal sedative keeps turning up in opioid deaths – what you need to know about medetomidine
‘The stakes are getting so much higher’: Tasmanian GPs call for drug testing services
‘Lives are at risk, we need action’: SA GPs call for pill testing services
Green Party calls for law change to aid overdose response
‘A huge step forward’: GPs back fixed Victorian drug testing site
Heart attacks, fainting and falls: the perils of pooping
More Colorado workplaces are becoming safe places for employees in recovery
Recommendations released for use of opioid agonist treatment in prisons
Rural Americans don’t live as long as those in cities − new research
Drug-related deaths have risen by record numbers in England and Wales – latest data
Clearer Picture Of ADHD: Focus On Function
What’s the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? One’s about plumbing, the other wiring
Increasing risk of synthetic opioid drug overdoses in Australia
Better Protecting Health Of Victorians
New life-saving capability to be rolled out to Queensland Police Tactical First Aid Kits
Greens urge drug harm reduction as new analysis reveals record cocaine use, high heroin use in Melbourne
NEW PREMIER NEEDS A PLAN TO COMBAT LOOMING SYNTHETIC OPIOID CRISIS 
PREMIER MUST LISTEN TO EXPERTS ON SAFE INJECTING ROOMS AMIDST RISE IN SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS 
Pill Testing Trial To Keep People Safe – And Save Lives
Chatbot guides women through post-prison challenges
RACGP urges Victorian pill testing trial
ADHD Medication Linked To Reduced Mortality
What Drives ‘Drug-Induced Homicide’ Prosecutions in North Carolina?
Wondering how to talk to your teen about drugs? Start the conversation early, be honest and avoid judgement
Labor playing Russian roulette with young Victorian lives by refusing to adopt pill testing
Premier Allan’s comments on pill testing ‘cowardly’, and a kick in the guts to young Victorians
Rave overdoses build urgent case for pill testing in Victoria
Planning to use drugs at a festival on a scorching summer day? Here’s why extreme heat might make MDMA riskier
Mortality in Retirement Ages – the Key Reason why U.S. Life Expectancy is not Increasing Anymore
Overdose report shows more needs to be done
Illicit drug use involved in nearly one in three sudden cardiac deaths in young adults
Woman arrested over murders of Brenda and Lynton Anderson
More Than 80% of People Who Inject Drugs Test Positive for Fentanyl-But Only 18% Intend to Take It
Five drug-induced deaths per day in Australia in 2021: new report
Hospital based Beat offers unique policing environment
AFP charges third traveller in two months for allegedly smuggling drugs internally
Man dies and six charged with drug supply following Transmission Music Festival
Irish national charged for internally concealing cocaine

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