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Opioid Availability and Consumption in The Gambia

No figures were available from the International Narcotics Control Board7 regarding the consumption of narcotic drugs in Gambia:

For the years 2000-2002, the average defined daily dose consumption of morphine for statistical purposes (S-DDD)8 in Gambia was 0. This compares with other African countries as follows: Swaziland 1; Egypt 2; Uganda 4; Zimbabwe 13; Namibia 73; South Africa 103. Twenty nine countries reported no morphine consumption during 2000-2002 (Table 2).

Table 2 Average daily consumption of defined daily doses (for statistical purposes) of morphine per million inhabitants, 2000-2002: countries of Africa


Source: International Narcotics Control Board Narcotic Drugs: Estimated World Requirements for 2004. Statistics for 2002. New York: United Nations, 2004.


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