Cocaine-related overdoses rising, figures show

Fatal cocaine-related overdoses are continuing to increase, according to official drug death statistics.

On the back of a series of large seizures and concerns from gardaí and treatment centres regarding the resurgence, new figures show that cocaine was involved in 44 deaths in 2015.

The number of cocaine-related poisoning (overdose) deaths have more than doubled since 2010 (21 deaths) and cocaine was one of only two main drug types where deaths increased between 2014 and 2015.