By IRNA,
Berlin : Drug-related deaths in Germany fell last year to the lowest level since 2006, the anti-drug commissioner of the German government Mechthild Dyckmans told the press here Thursday.
Some 1331 people died last year because of drug consumption, down 8.1 percent from 2008, said the German drug czarina.
Most of the deaths were caused by a overdose of heroin or a mixture of heroin with other drugs, she added.
The average age of the mostly male drug victims was 36 years, according to Dyckmans.
Meanwhile, four percent of the drug death cases were triggered by suicides.
Most of the drug deaths were reported in four German states, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Berlin and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Berlin, Hamburg and Munich head the list of the nation’s drug death toll.