 | The man who went doctor shopping was prescribed opioids by four out of five doctors he visited, and he was often in and out in less than 30 minutes. The growing number of fentanyl addicts in Australia aren't yet your typical "druggies” – they are often ordinary people who have been injured and thereafter find themselves hooked on a painkiller a hundred times stronger than morphine. That’s precisely what happened to Angus McGivern – a young rugby player from the Gold Coast who injured his back, and then quickly formed a habit that, like so many others, leads only to death. | Australian authorities are creating a market for illicit fentanyl DESPITE the fentanyl crisis in North America. Given the world's highest prices for cocaine it's only a matter of time before Australians die en mass from ridiculously cheap fentanyl as well. |