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Finland has most drug-related deaths among youth in Europe

In its European Drug Report for 2022, the European monitoring body found that drug users in Finland die on average ten years younger compared to those in other EU countries, as well as Norway and Turkey. [Shutterstock/Leszek Czerwonka]

Finland is the European country with the most drug-related deaths among people under 25 in proportion to its population, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has found.

In its European Drug Report for 2022, the European monitoring body found that drug users in Finland die on average ten years younger compared to those in other EU countries, as well as Norway and Turkey.

According to the new report, the country recorded a total of five deaths per week, which is more than the average deaths caused by traffic.

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