Bendigo topped regional Victoria for heroin overdose deaths in 2017, prompting free anti-overdose Naloxone program

Adam Holmes
Updated August 17 2018 - 11:11am, first published August 15 2018 - 4:29pm
Naloxone is available for free from Bendigo Community Health Service for those with opiate dependency. It is an anti-overdose drug.
Naloxone is available for free from Bendigo Community Health Service for those with opiate dependency. It is an anti-overdose drug.

BENDIGO Community Health Service hopes a program offering the anti-overdose drug Naloxone free to opiate addicts can address an alarming spike in heroin overdose deaths in Bendigo from last year.

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Adam Holmes

Adam Holmes

Journalist at The Examiner and Advocate, Tasmania

From Adelaide to south-west Victoria, Bendigo to Tasmania, I've provided in-depth stories in politics, environmental affairs, issues facing disadvantaged communities, legal affairs and much more. Contact me at adam.holmes@examiner.com.au or on Twitter at @adamholmes010

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