Number of deaths blamed on drugs fallsdate: 07-January-2005
source : FAZ WEEKLY
country: GERMANY
keyword: ABUSE , ADDICTION , CIVIL RIGHTS , DRUG POLICY , HARM REDUCTION
editorial comment
What? helping people is working better than putting them in jail......bunch of Eurosofties!
The number of deaths caused by illegal drug use fell during 2004 to its lowest level since 1989, a survey conducted by the Associated Press showed this week. A total of 1,324 people died as a result of illegal drug use, the survey found. That represented a drop of 10.3 percent from 2003. The federal government's drug commissioner, Marion Caspers-Merk, attributed the decrease to help that German communities are providing to drug addicts.