Cocaine involved in ‘majority’ of overdose deaths in Cyprus

Cocaine played a part in the majority of deaths caused by drug overdoses in Cyprus in 2024, according to data released in the European Union drugs agency’s latest annual European drug report on Tuesday.

The report found that cocaine was involved in the majority of overdose deaths in three other EU member states – Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal – with statistics from no fewer than 20 other member states showing that opioids were involved in the plurality of overdose deaths....