Prevalence of opioid use

percent of population aged 15-64, 2001–2015

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    2001 Ranking
    1. Dominican Republic 0.14
    2015 Ranking
    1. United States 6.01
    2. Russia 2.36
    3. Latvia 0.50
    4. Slovakia 0.30
    5. Hungary 0.13

    General prevalence. Includes opiates and prescription opioids. Opioids include heroin; opium; pharmaceutical opioids such as buprenorphine (e.g. Suboxone, Subutex), codeine, dextropropoxyphene, fentanyl, oxycodone (e.Oxycontin) hydrocodone (e.g. Vicodin), hydromorphone, methadone, morphine and pethidine; and other illicit opioids (e.g. “homebake”, AH-7921).

    Source: UNODC