Changing characteristics in the 2020s of fatal ‘novel’ benzodiazepine toxicity cases in Australia

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The 2020s saw a large increase in poisoning deaths related to NBZDs. As testing varied across time and jurisdiction and new NBZDs are constantly appearing the true extent of NBZD-related poisoning deaths is likely to be higher than those identified.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

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Published in: Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volume 282, pp. 113085-113085

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113085

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