Treatment entered for individuals with opioid addiction in Europe 2018, by drug type

This statistic displays the share of individuals entering treatment for opioid addiction in Europe in 2018, by type of opioid. Opiates are drugs derived from opium, the dried latex from the opium poppy. The majority of individuals, 83.6 percent, were entering treatment for heroin addiction. This was followed by five percent of individuals entering treatment for methadone addiction.