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The number of deaths from drug overdose in Europe has risen for the third year in a row and Lithuania is among five European nations that recorded a considerable increase in fatal overdoses, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) said in a report published this week.
Report shows significant rise in number of overdose deaths in Lithuania
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An estimated 8,441 deaths occurred in Europe and Turkey in 2015, up by 6 percent from 7,950 in 2014, according to the European Drug Report 2017.

Increases in overdose death numbers in 2015 were reported in Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Turkey.

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