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As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses |
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The Conversation Media Group Ltd |
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Rural Australians are more likely than their city counterparts to drink alcohol at harmful levels. They're also higher consumers of cannabis, ice and the prescription opioids oxycodone and fentanyl.
Drug-related deaths are also rising more rapidly in rural Australia, up 41% since 2008, compared with a 16% increase in major cities over the same period.
Several reports have also shown that the burden of alcohol and other drug use increases with remoteness. |
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The Conversation, v.Health + Medicine, p. 1-4 |
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Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
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