Infographic: opioids notifications to the Early Warning System and seizures
Description
This infographic coming from the publication New psychoactive substances: 25 years of early warning and response in Europe — an update from the EU Early Warning System presents some key statistics on notifications of the opioids to the EWS and opioids seizures (trends in the number and quantities seized), in the EU-27.
The source data for the graphics is available in the source tables on this page.
Source data
| Year | Other opioids | Fentanyls | Benzimidazoles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of seizures | 1 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 64 | 171 | 490 | 1368 | 1206 | 1157 | 580 | 594 |
| Year | Powders seized other (kg) | Powders seized fentanyl derivatives (kg) | Powders seized benzimidazoles (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0.017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0.024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0.744 | 0.084 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0.357 | 0.928 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0.87 | 0.984 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.107 | 4.313 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.972 | 11.382 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.865 | 5.094 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.931 | 10.853 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 0.656 | 1.478 | 3.424 |
| Substance | Number of seizures |
|---|---|
| Isotonitazene | 44 |
| Carfentanil | 308 |
| Tramadol | 147 |
| Etazene | 16 |
| Ocfentanil | 29 |
| Others | 50 |
| Substance | Powder seized (kg) |
|---|---|
| Isotonitazene | 3.263 |
| Carfentanil | 1.301 |
| Tramadol | 0.217 |
| Etazene | 0.159 |
| Piperidylthiambutene | 0.167 |
| Others | 0.45 |
