2.4.4 Lao PDR
Abuse
The leading four drugs of abuse in 2006 are shown in the rank table. The trend in methamphetamine abuse
is the country was reported to be increasing as it has each year since 2003. In 2007 opium addition rates
decreased and the reported number of addicts in the 10 northern provinces was 7,706. However, this does
not take into account the possible relapse of recently detoxified addicts, which is estimated at 20 percent.
No nation-wide figures on abuse are available.