Graphic shows estimated number of heroin / opium users worldwide in 2008.
AFGHANISTAN
Global opium monopoly
By Mike Tyler
October 22, 2009 - Across the world, more than 15 million people use illicit opium each year. Afghanistan provides 92 percent of the global supply of opium, causing an estimated 100,000 deaths annually, according to a UN report.
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