Decline in overdose deaths ‘has well and truly stalled’: report

Stimulants fuel rise in drug-induced deaths and hospitalisations in 2024, report reveals  New data from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) shows an increase in harms from amphetamine-type stimulants and cocaine.  The latest annual figures released today (Tuesday 4 August 2026), revealed more than 2,000 Australians died as a result of drug overdoses