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  • Title: [Fatal poisonings among drug addicts in Funen and South Jutland during the period 1989-1991].
    Author: Simonsen KW.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 1993 Jul 19; 155(29):2241-4. PubMed ID: 8328090.
    Abstract:
    Deaths among drug addicts in Funen and in the south part of Jutland in the period 1989-1991 are described with respect to sex, age, social conditions, cause of death etc. The material included 62 drug addict deaths. The mean age was 31 years, range 15-49 years. Seventy-seven percent died from poisoning. A heroin overdose was the cause of death in 65% of these cases. There were two (3%) deaths from methadone. In 34 of the cases we found benzodiazepines, and in 29 cases alcohol. It appeared from information from family/friends that 45 had an abuse pattern involving multiple substances, so it seems that such abuse is common.
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