There are concerns over black market prescription pills flooding the state, with those drugs killing more Victorians than all other illegal drugs combined.

Crime gangs are selling cheap versions of Xanax with potency double the prescribed level.

Shane Neilson, Principal Advisor on drugs at the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, told Ross and Russel the big danger came when those drugs weren’t used in a controlled manner, or when mixed with other substances.

He said it was really concerning.

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