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That was a shallow, senseless reply.
You say you are a registered nurse providing community services. Yet you are unaware that misuse of analgesics is a serious problem in Australia, ranking as the third most common form of illicit drug use, behind marijuana/cannabis and ecstasy use, and ahead of cocaine and heroin.
[Public Health Association Australia, policy 2010]
Just quoting from Victoria, non-opioid analgesics (such as paracetamol) are the third most common drug involved in ambulance attendances, following alcohol and benziodiazepines.
-The last mentioned drug, which is only available on prescription, contributed to 56 deaths in Victoria in 2010, representing almost 17% of the total number of drug-related deaths investigated by the Coroners Court of Victoria in that year.
[Australian Drug Foundation]
Of course government should be concerned if women and girls are being targeted for higher drug sales, both prescription and over the counter.