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Heroin and other opioids – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2023).
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Table 1a. Estimated number of people who inject drugs, by country, 2015 to 2021
| Country |
Central estimate |
| France |
106857 |
| Italy |
105652 |
| Czechia |
40500 |
| Finland |
25000 |
| Portugal |
13162 |
| Bulgaria |
9783 |
| Lithuania |
8868 |
| Estonia |
8606 |
| Spain |
8582 |
| Norway |
7878 |
| Latvia |
7715 |
| Belgium |
7018 |
| Hungary |
6707 |
| Croatia |
6344 |
| Greece |
2462 |
| Netherlands |
840 |
| Luxembourg |
822 |
| Cyprus |
627 |
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Table 1b. Estimated prevalence of people who inject drugs, by country, 2015 to 2021 (per 1 000 population)
| Country |
Central rate |
| France |
2.7 |
| Italy |
2.8 |
| Czechia |
6.1 |
| Finland |
7.4 |
| Portugal |
2.1 |
| Bulgaria |
2.2 |
| Lithuania |
4.6 |
| Estonia |
10 |
| Spain |
0.3 |
| Norway |
2.2 |
| Latvia |
6.1 |
| Belgium |
0.8 |
| Hungary |
1 |
| Croatia |
2.2 |
| Greece |
0.4 |
| Netherlands |
0.1 |
| Luxembourg |
1.9 |
| Cyprus |
1 |
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Table 2. Injecting among first-time treatment entrants with heroin, cocaine, amphetamine or methamphetamine as primary drug: proportion reporting injecting as main route of administration
| Substance |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
| Amphetamine |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Cocaine |
1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
| Methamphetamine |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
| Heroin |
10.9 |
8.1 |
6.9 |
6 |
5.9 |
4.6 |
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