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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Kerem Doruk

Families left behind welcome support after facing 'stigma', 'unjust laws'

Damien Karleen Minney Addiction ACT
Tony Trimingham lost his son to a heroin overdose when the laws around drug addiction in Australia did little to support drug-affected families. Picture by Karleen Minney

When Tony Trimingham and Marion McConnell discovered their sons were struggling with heroin addiction they were shunned by the law and had no where to turn for help.

Mr Trimingham's 23-year-old son Damien died on this day 26 years ago from a drug overdose.

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