New figures show 638 people died as a result of drugs in 2009, with the number killed by heroin rising by 20%.
The statistics for 2009, compiled by the Health Research Board (HRB), are published today, and show that the number of people killed as a result of drug intake rose 51% between 2004 and 2009.
While the number of heroin-related deaths increased in 2009 compared with the previous year, the number of cocaine deaths fell.
However, the main drug highlighted in the report is alcohol — involved in 40% of all poisoning deaths between 2004 and 2009.
Source: Noel Baker, Irish Examiner, 05/12/2011
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