A 15-year-old boy has died of a drug overdose, just a few hundred metres from the controversial supervised injecting room in Richmond.

Police were called to a block of units on Egan Street about 8.30am on Sunday after reports of an unresponsive male.

Police in Richmond after a teenager was found dead of a drug overdose. Credit:Nine News

The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.

The boy's death comes just a day after angry residents took to the streets of Richmond, demanding the injecting room be relocated.