WA's drug death rate remains the highest in the country on average, a statistics that's set to climb with the growth in drugs including fentanyl and pharmaceutical opiates, experts have warned.

Penington Institute CEO John Ryan told Gary Adshead on 6PR Mornings Australia is as susceptible to drug trafficking as much as the US, where drug overdoses are in the hundred of thousands every year.

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