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How we can reduce dependency on opioid painkillers in rural and regional Australia

  • Written by Ben O'Mara, Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

Between 2008 and 2011, the rate of people treated for dependency on morphine in rural and regional Australia was roughly double that of their major city counterparts.

Dependency on morphine, codeine, oxycodone and other opioid painkillers reflects what we already know about life in the small towns of Australia. Outside major cities, people tend to...

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