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Preventable Loss: Aboriginal Woman’s Death in Custody Highlights Systemic Failures

A coroner has found the death of 30-year-old Victorian Aboriginal woman Heather Calgaret in custody was entirely preventable, resulting from an inappropriate prescription of the opioid substitution drug, buprenorphine. Heather Calgaret, who passed away less than 10 weeks before she was due for release, had requested assistance to safely withdraw from opioids. However, the prison […]