Drug policy ‘dangerously out of balance’: Pennington Institute

Overdose deaths hit record level as a “predictable consequence of policy failure”, advocacy group says  A community-wide response is needed to address the rising number of overdose deaths in Australia, the Pennington Institute believes.   The institute’s Overdose Snapshot 2026 showed that seven Australians lose their lives every day due to drug overdoses, based on preliminary data from 2024.   In the foreword to