Push to force Victorian police to alert health officials to toxic batches of drugs

Five people died in 2016 and 2017 after ingesting tablets containing combination of substances

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Victorian police would be required to notify the state’s Department of Health of toxic batches of drugs under an amendment to the state’s public health laws proposed by the Greens.

The Greens’ changes to the public health and wellbeing amendment bill, which is set to be debated in the upper house this week, would see certain drugs, poisons and controlled substances declared as notifiable based on their potential serious risk to public health.

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