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The report, released by the Penington Institute on Friday, found a significant increase in fatal accidental overdoses because of powerful drugs such as fentanyl, pethidine and tramadol.

From 2011 through 2015, 3 Cheap Ryan Suter Jersey ,601 Australians died from opioid-related overdoses, twice as many as succumbed to overdoses from 2001 to 2005.

John Ryan, CEO of the Penington Institute, said that more lives would be lost unless the national approach to drug addiction was changed.

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Accidental deaths from morphine, codeine and oxycodone accounted for 1 Cheap Luke Kunin Jersey ,556 opioid-related deaths over the five-year period while fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, pethidine and tramadol were responsible for 796 deaths.

Penington Institute data found there had been 19-fold increase fentanyl-related deaths in the state of Queensland alone while Australia-wide the increase was eight-fold.

Chris Hayes, a pain specialist doctor, said that fentanyl was typically prescribed to treat pain in cancer patients. It is typically administered through an arm-patch which slowly releases the pain-relief.

""But in the liberal way of opioid policy in this country there has been seen a widening for chronic non-cancer pain as well,"" Hayes said.

Ryan said people were increasingly turning to the dark web to acquire fentanyl.

He said that government efforts to reduce supply would not solve the wider issue of drug addiction.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the rapid change and uncertainty of the 21st century Cheap Jason Zucker Jersey , the Asia-Pacific countries should strengthen multilateral cooperation to prevent upheaval or crisis in Asia, according to a report by Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) on Monday.

""The core strategic question for the first half of the 21st century is whether the Asia-Pacific region will be able to maintain another generation of remarkable economic growth and sustain peace in the face of unprecedented geopolitical change,"" said Kevin Rudd, President of ASPI, who is also known as former Prime Minister of Australia.

According to the report named ""Preserving the Long Peace in Asia: The Institutional Building Blocks of Long-Term Regional Security"" , the Asia-Pacific region is now facing an important inflection point.

On one hand Cheap Joel Eriksson Ek Jersey , increasing GDP levels, widespread poverty reduction, and growing trade integration have created optimism for the region' s future and given states every incentive to avoid conflict. On the other hand, the Asia-Pacific region' s security environment has become increasingly complex.

""The Asia-Pacific security environment is grappling with several significant challenges that necessitate the development of a stronger, more effective regional architecture,"" said the report.

These challenges include: rapid political and economic transformations Cheap Zach Parise Jersey , growing strategic competition between major players in the region,fragility caused by ""trust deficit"" among regional states, and widespread militarization and acquisition of new technologies.

To address the challenges listed above, the report outlines five functions regional institutions must be able to play.

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Finally, an effective regional architecture should provide flexibility in setting an appropriate Cheap Eric Staal Jersey , forward-looking agenda in order to withstand the future pressures arising from shifting regional dynamics and evolving security policy priorities.

Over time such regional institutions can begin to change the way in which states think about, see, and respond to one another, so that we can use effective regional institutions to take the regional temperature down, rather than just simply allowing it to spiral, Rudd said.

Approaching the question of how Asia-Pacific nations could best pursue efforts to build a stronger security architecture Wholesale Minnesota Wild Jerseys , the report argues that strengthening the East Asia Summit (EAS) would be one of the most important and practical steps countries could take.

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