During the last 7 years (2016-2022), the number of people who died as a result of drug overdose was 980.

APA informs that this was reflected in the "Annual Report" magazine prepared by the permanent Working Group of the State Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Trafficking in Narcotics.

According to the official information provided by the public legal entity of the Union of Forensic Medical Expertise and Pathological Anatomy of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the number of people who died as a result of drug overdose was 39 in 2016, 58 in 2017, and 90 in 2018. , 126 people in 2019, 160 people in 2020, 258 people in 2021, and 249 people in 2022.