Drug overdose death rate in Slovenia considerably above EU's

Ljubljana, 29 May - Deaths caused by drug abuse are steadily rising in Europe, and the rate of deaths caused by illicit drugs is also high in Slovenia, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said on Wednesday. In 2021, Slovenia had an overdose death rate of 44 deaths per million residents, while the EU's was 18.3 and that in the US 461.8.