OSLO - Kim is a heroin addict in oil-rich Norway, ranked the world's best place to live. But on the streets of Oslo, the 26-year-old's chances of dying of a drug overdose are greater than in any other European city.

In a country with one of the most generous welfare systems in the world thanks to North Sea oil wealth, Norwegians are more likely to die from drugs than in a car accident.

"Our society is perhaps too good in some ways. People have everything they need but still struggle to find their place, a meaning to life," Social Affairs Minister Ingjerd Schou told Reuters.

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