International Overdose Awareness Day: Nhill's Millington family shares their story

Sophie Boyd
Updated August 30 2016 - 2:04pm, first published August 29 2016 - 4:00pm
IN HIS MEMORY: Horsham’s Sallie Millington and her mother Margaret Millington of Nhill, pictured in 2012, are lobbying for a real-time monitoring system to prevent people addicted to prescription medication from ‘doctor shopping’. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
IN HIS MEMORY: Horsham’s Sallie Millington and her mother Margaret Millington of Nhill, pictured in 2012, are lobbying for a real-time monitoring system to prevent people addicted to prescription medication from ‘doctor shopping’. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

ONE Wimmera family is pleading for residents to recognise the hidden toll of prescription drug abuse on International Overdose Awareness Day, Wednesday.

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