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The largest producer of opiates in the world is Afghanistan to a total of 93% of the world's market. [3] The list does not include opioids,classified as a different drug under the World Drug Report 2011 list, which is considered "opiates and prescription opioids." Country or Entity. Annual prevalence. (percent)
Opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates / opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic ...
An opiate is an alkaloid substance derived from opium (or poppy straw). [1] It differs from the similar term opioid in that the latter is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonists). [2] Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the opium poppy plant ...
The country has been the world's leading illicit drug producer since 2001. [3] In 2007, 93% of the non-pharmaceutical-grade opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan. [ 4 ] By 2019 Afghanistan still produced about 84% of the world market. [ 5 ]
Codeine is the most widely used opiate in the world, [48] and is one of the most commonly used drugs overall according to numerous reports by organizations including the World Health Organization and its League of Nations predecessor agency.
Most morphine produced for pharmaceutical use around the world is actually converted into codeine as the concentration of the latter in both raw opium and poppy straw is much lower than that of morphine; in most countries, the usage of codeine (both as end-product and precursor) is at least equal or greater than that of morphine on a weight basis.
It produces and distributes over 2,500 tons of opiates to Africa, Europe, the Americas and Central Asia and supplies almost 9.5 million opiate users worldwide. Despite worldwide efforts to capture and to seize as much opium product as possible, total opiate seizures brought in only 23.5% of the total estimated product distributed worldwide. [6]
As of 2002, seven countries (USA, UK, Italy, Australia, France, Spain and Japan) use 77% of the world's morphine supplies, leaving many emerging countries lacking in pain relief medication. [253] The current system of supply of raw poppy materials to make poppy-based medicines is regulated by the International Narcotics Control Board under the ...