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‘A mystery’: The men fuelling Victoria’s record drug overdose toll

Men aged 45-54 drove the increase, with heroin, methamphetamine and diazepam the leading drugs and more than 5,122 people waiting for treatment.

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October 7, 2026 — 4:05pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFatal overdoses among Gen X men have increased by almost 50 per cent in Victoria in a single year, driving the state’s drug-related deaths to their highest levels since the heroin glut of the late…

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‘A mystery’: The men fuelling Victoria’s record drug overdose toll

A new report from the Coroner’s Court shows 632 overdose fatalities were recorded in Victoria last year, the highest number since the court started collecting the data in 2000.

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PressNewsAgency broke the news on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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