Approximately one-third of young adults in Victoria who experienced sudden cardiac deaths outside of a hospital from 2019 to 2021 used illicit drugs prior to their fatal events, a study by researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has found. The study, published in the journal, Heart Rhythm , found "astonishingly high" levels of illicit drugs than is typical for that population, as well as a greater prevalence of multiple substance use with cannabis the most common illicit drug identified.

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