More medically supervised injecting rooms are needed across Melbourne, advocates say, as figures reveal overdose deaths remain at near-record highs.
In 2023, 547 Victorians fatally overdosed – three fewer than the state’s deadliest year on record in 2022 – according to an annual report released on Thursday by the Coroners Court of Victoria.
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