Calls for improved access to life-saving overdose treatment | ABC News

Victorian health and addiction experts are calling for an urgent plan to improve access to a life-saving drug that reverses the effects of overdoses.
They say Naloxone could prevent hundreds of deaths in the state each year. Despite a federal scheme offering it for free, it remains hard to find.
The ABC's Bridget McArthur reports.

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