Australia's medicines regulator considering tighter restrictions on paracetamol | 7.30

Australia's medicines regulator is considering tighter restrictions on the country's most popular pain-relief drug. The proposed changes to how paracetamol is sold comes after an independent report raised concerns about overdoses by teenagers. But advocates say the changes would unfairly impact chronic pain sufferers relying on the drug.

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