As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses

Katinka van de Ven; Kyle J D Mulrooney; Natalie Thomas

As drug deaths rise in rural Australia, we must do more to prevent overdoses

Katinka van de Ven, Kyle J D Mulrooney, Natalie Thomas

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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.

Original language	English
Pages	1-4
Volume	Health + Medicine
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 19 Dec 2019

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