in heroin supply. Nearly all such infections are related to injecting drug use, and there are no alternative explanations for the decrease in notifications, which was not predicted by mathematical models of the hepatitis C epidemic in Australia. 5 However, the true impact of reduced supply is unlikely to be detectable for some time. Reduction in injecting drug use, as indicated by reduced output in the needle and syringe programmes, would be consistent with reduction in such infections at the population level. We are currently exploring further impacts of the shortage on overdose, treatment, and crime.
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