This statistic shows the number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legitimate market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, 6.1 million opioid narcotics dosage units were lost while 19.5 million dosage units were lost in 2011 in the United States.
Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019
(in millions)
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Drug Enforcement Administration. (March 8, 2021). Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/
Drug Enforcement Administration. "Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in millions)." Chart. March 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/
Drug Enforcement Administration. (2021). Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/
Drug Enforcement Administration. "Number of Opioid Narcotics Dosage Units Diverted from The Legal Market in The U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/
Drug Enforcement Administration, Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of opioid narcotics dosage units diverted from the legal market in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph], Drug Enforcement Administration, March 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/774001/opioid-narcotics-dosage-units-lost-number-in-us/
