Addiction and mental health concerns rise for people in tower lockdown
Residents in Melbourne's public housing towers under lockdown are worried about a lack of access to medication, mental health and addiction services.There are fears people are going into withdrawal from addictive substances which could lead to an increase in family violence
Muhammed is also becoming increasingly worried about his family who live in a tower in North Melbourne.That task has fallen to his sister who has been on the phone for almost two days making sure someone can deliver the medication.Community leader Nor Shanino said many young people in the towers were struggling with mental health issues."He's on medication and I yelled out his name and thank god he recognised me and stopped," Mr Shanino said.
"At this stage, we know some people who use drugs and substances and have been locked away and will go into withdrawal which could spark domestic violence," he said.
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