A total of 2,148 people were killed because of drug use in the last 10 years in Turkey since 2007, Turkish media reported, citing a 2017 drug report prepared jointly by eight ministries.
Some 680,575 people have gone through drug rehabilitation treatment over the period from 2014-2016, with a total of 106,112 phone calls made to the ALO 191 national drug helpline over the last two and half years.
In 2014, 247,502 patients checked into drug addiction treatment centres across Turkey, whereas this figure was 193,949 in 2015 and 239,124 in 2016, Hürriyet Daily News reported. There are at least 1.3 million people in Turkey from ages 15-64 who have used drugs at least once in their lives, the report said.
The report also includes information regarding drug-related treatment costs, indicating that 147.3 million Turkish Liras were spent for treatment services, including medication expenses, over the period from 2014 and March 2017.
