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Anex Bulletin - International Overdose Awareness Day edition
Posted to ENEWS for Kelly Eng on behalf of Anex.
The latest edition of the Anex Bulletin focuses on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31. Among the articles:
Losing a son
Keith Hassett, now 70, looked in on his sleeping son Shane and decided to give him an extra hour of rest. It was another act of parental love for a son whose deep snoring was actually an unrecognised sign of being on death’s doorstep. Shane was accidentally overdosing. Hooked on doctor-shopped opioid-based painkillers, he was suffering from an undiagnosed bout of pneumonia. With his respiratory system already compromised, the depressant effects of the drugs proved deadly…
Fentanyl overdoses
Wodonga’s Gateway Community Health alcohol and other drugs team said use of fentanyl was becoming more widespread. They reported having been informed by clients that a doctor in nearby rural NSW was providing scripts for the drug, which was then transformed into an injectable liquid.
Wodonga’s Gateway Community Health alcohol and other drugs team said use of fentanyl was becoming more widespread. They reported having been informed by clients that a doctor in nearby rural NSW was providing scripts for the drug, which was then transformed into an injectable liquid.
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Kelly Eng
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