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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Natasha May

Cocaine users die of heroin overdoses after consuming tainted drugs at Sydney house party

Lines of cocaine on a mirror
People who use illicit drugs are being encouraged to carry naloxone – the life-saving medication used to treat opioid overdoses. Photograph: Garo/REX/Shutterstock

Two people recently died of heroin overdoses after using what they thought was cocaine at a house party at Glebe in Sydney’s inner west, while another two people were hospitalised, New South Wales authorities say.

Police are investigating the deaths of a 31-year-old man at Glebe in the early hours of Friday 30 August and a 43-year-old woman at Newtown about 8.45am the same day, NSW police said.

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