A report by the UN’s drugs agency said Ireland was ranked sixth in the EU for heroin use and ninth across 43 European countries, including Russia and Ukraine.
"In terms of mortality rates, Ukraine, Iceland, Ireland and Luxembourg seem to experience some of the highest levels in Europe, with over 100 drug-related deaths per one million inhabitants aged 15-64," said the report.
Ireland had 326 drug-related deaths, equivalent to 106 deaths per million people, compared with a mortality rate of 105 in Luxembourg, 169 in Iceland and 236 in Ukraine.
Source: Cormac O’Keeffe, The Irish Examiner, 24/06/2011
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