News: Stop our city's drugs scourge

[Mr Blonde]

The figures provided are interesting - particularly as they omit alcohol related ambo call-outs.
Ive got the 08-09 figures for Melbourne in front of me now - heroin OD 2313, likely heroin involvement 1501. Methamphetamine 870. Benzos 6033. And.. wait for it... alcohol 12577.

So really lay off us interesting drug users and cane those damn piss heads, if you please

Thanks ayjay! Those are interesting figures, particularly the benzodiazepine ones.

Are those stats including poly-drug use? I.e. That number for benzodiazepine call outs may not just be all benzodiazepines but also include benzodiazepines with opioids, to the extent where some of that number may overlap with the heroin numbers?

 

[ayjay]

yeah i'm pretty sure the numbers overlap. in which case, you can pretty much guarantee the vast majority of heroin/likely heroin also involve benzos

if i get the chance next week i'll pull the latest figures i can get and see if i can work out how they are worked out...