Sale of chemical used in suicides of three transgender women should be restricted, Victorian inquest finds

Sodium nitrite has been used in dozens of deaths in the state and federal government should take action, coroner says

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The sale of chemical used by three transgender women who took their own lives should be restricted by the federal government, the Victorian coroner says, after an inquest heard it has been used in dozens of suicides in the state.

Victoria's coroners court last year held an inquest into the suicides of five transgender women who died between 2020 and 2021, including that of Matt Byrne, 25, who took her life after a botched back yard surgery.

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