Extraction of global alkaloids from opium by type U.S. 2009-2023

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Matej Mikulic,
Mar 27, 2025

In 2023, there were only 14 kilograms of morphine extracted in the United States. Global consumption of this drug has grown by almost a factor of six between 1991 and 2010. Differences around the world in consumption levels of morphine for pain treatment are due to economic, knowledge, and regulatory factors. This statistic displays the total extraction of alkaloids from opium in the United States from 2009 to 2023, by type of alkaloid.

Extraction of alkaloids from opium in the U.S. from 2009 to 2023, by type (in kilograms)

CharacteristicMorphineCodeineThebaine
2023 14 - -
2022 - - -
2021 - - -
2020 21 - -
2019 17 - -
2018 41 - -
2015 5,178 1,771 553
2014 11,043 5,035 1,917
2013 19,854 8,264 4,447
2012 27,365 10,177 4,405
2011 29,069 8,425 4,242
2010 24,917 7,322 4,013
2009 28,411 7,691 5,201
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Extraction in kilograms28,41128,41124,91724,91729,06929,06927,36527,36519,85419,85411,04311,0435,1785,17841411717212114147,6917,6917,3227,3228,4258,42510,17710,1778,2648,2645,0355,0351,7711,7715,2015,2014,0134,0134,2424,2424,4054,4054,4474,4471,9171,917553553MorphineCodeineThebaine2009201020112012201320142015201820192020202120222023
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March 2025

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United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

Supplementary notes

No data given for missing years and types.
Values before 2019 were taken from previous reports.

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