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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Natasha May

Should cocaine and MDMA users carry naloxone, the medicine that prevents fatal opioid overdoses?

Naloxone, a drug which can reverse the effects of opioids, is available as a nasal spray as well as an injectable.
Naloxone, a drug which can reverse the effects of opioids, is available as a nasal spray as well as an injectable. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

More than one million Australians have taken cocaine in the last year and 400,000 have consumed ecstasy.

As recreational drugs are increasingly laced with potentially lethal opioids, experts are highly concerned about overdoses.

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