Treatment entered for individuals with opioid addiction in Europe 2016, by drug type

The data shows the share of individuals entering treatment for opioid addiction in Europe in 2016, by type of opioid. Opiates are drugs derived from opium, the dried latex from the opium poppy. The majority of individuals, 80 percent, were entering treatment for heroin addiction. This was followed by 8% of individuals entering treatment for methadone addiction. One% of individuals entering treatment for opioid addiction where doing so for addiction to fentanyl.