澳大利亚2024年药物过量诱发死亡达2596人，创历史新高1。其中80.5%的死亡为无意过量1。50至59岁的澳大利亚人首次占无意过量死亡的近一半1，反映出自1990年代至2000年代初期开始使用毒品的人群随年龄增长变得更加脆弱。土著及托雷斯海峡岛民的过量用药死亡率为每10万人29.3例，远高于非土著人口的6.6/10万1。
在具体物质方面，阿片类药物占所有药物诱发死亡的42%1。海洛因死亡人数大幅攀升，从2001年的101例增至2024年的488例1。安非他命导致772例死亡，创历史新高1。彭宁顿研究所研究主任杰克·迪扎德指出"数据相当令人震惊"1。
虽然报告指出大多数死亡是可预防的1，但获取治疗资源仍是重大障碍。超三分之二求助者因服务资金不足被拒之门外1。澳大利亚酒精及其他毒品委员会首席执行官梅兰妮·沃克表示，"过去至少10年，50万澳大利亚人因无适当去处而未获得酒精和毒品治疗"1。
Australia recorded 2,596 drug overdose deaths in 2024, marking a historic high, with 80.5% occurring unintentionally 1. This escalating crisis is increasingly affecting middle-aged populations, as people who began using drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s face heightened vulnerability with age 1. For the first time, Australians aged 50 to 59 now account for nearly half of all unintentional overdose deaths 1.
The nature of overdose fatalities continues to shift across substance types. Opioids remain the leading category, responsible for 42% of all drug-induced deaths, while heroin deaths have surged dramatically from 101 cases in 2001 to 488 in 2024 1. Amphetamines also reached a record toll, causing 772 deaths 1. Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander populations face disproportionate harm, with an overdose mortality rate of 29.3 per 100,000 compared to 6.6 per 100,000 among non-Indigenous Australians 1.
Despite the severity of the situation, treatment access remains severely constrained. More than two-thirds of people seeking help are turned away due to insufficient funding 1. Jack Dizard, research director at the Pennington Institute, described the data as "quite confronting" 1, while Melanie Walker, CEO of the Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Council, stated that "over at least the past 10 years, half a million Australians have not received alcohol and drug treatment because there was nowhere appropriate for them to go" 1. Experts emphasize that most of these deaths are preventable 1.
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