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Alcoholism caused 1.4% of deaths last year

A little recreational mathematics.

In 2011, 11 people died from drug use in Latvia, according to data from here
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/country-overviews/lv#drd

But 415 people died from alcohol in the same year, the Delfi portal tells us.
https://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/prichinoj-smerti-14-lyudej-v-proshlom-godu-stal-alkogolizm.d?id=43762798

Last year, 434 people died from illnesses caused by alcohol abuse, accounting for 1.4% of all deaths, according to the “Latvian Health Care Yearbook 2012.”