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Nick Wilson

One dead, three ill after unknowing heroin intake

Health authorities are warning drug users about the risk of overdose from heroin contamination. (Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS)

A young person has died and three others have been hospitalised as a state's health authorities warn of heroin infiltrating other drugs.

The Victorian health department issued an urgent drug alert on Wednesday, after four overdoses occurred in a two-week period.

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