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The Cost of Opioid Use to Australia

Shared by Livia - 18 May 2020
Originally posted by Edie - 17 May 2020

A recent study, published by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University in Perth, has estimated that the illegal use of heroin and the misuse of pharmaceutical opioids is costing Australia around $15.7 billion and causing more than 2200 deaths a year. 

This is a significant...