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Victoria sees reduction in prescription drug overdose deaths

12 September 2022
By Kate McDonald
Victoria saw a continued albeit small decline in overdose deaths last year from their peak in 2018, with the majority of overdose deaths involving multiple drugs, especially pharmaceutical drugs. While there is no direct link to the introduction of the SafeScript prescription monitoring system, the court has previously pointed to “tentative evidence” that SafeScript may […]

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