Colombia

Consumption Data At-A-Glance:

The graphs below provide the Essential Controlled Medicines consumption data trends from 1985 to 2020 in milligrams per capita and Morphine Equivalence (ME) milligrams per capita, as reported to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). 

To view, scroll below for individual Essential Controlled Medicines (i.e., Codeine, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone, Pethidine, all Essential Controlled Medicines in Morphine Equivalence (ME) & all Essential Controlled Medicines in (ME) minus Methadone.)

 

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