9news.com.au | Death rate spikes as legal drug use grows The Australian Australians are increasingly using pharmaceutical drugs such as opioids and sleeping pills for non-medical reasons, with deaths linked to the most common misuse of the medication doubling over the past decade. A report to be released today by the ... A million Australians abuse prescription drugs One million Aussies misuse pharmaceuticals More Aussies dying from prescription pills than illegal drugs, report finds |