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EPISODE · Aug 30, 2025 · 6 MIN

Sarah Helm: New Zealand Drug Foundation Executive Director on preventable overdoses in New Zealand

from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB

Almost three New Zealanders die from preventable drug overdoses every week.  That is twice the number of people that die from drowning.  New Zealand Drug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm said that the number of overdoses highlights New Zealand's shortcomings on tackling substance abuse. 'We're losing so many New Zealanders to preventable overdose, and we have very little little in place to prevent overdoses' LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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