In 2023, there were roughly 19,000 females in Italy who needed assistance in public facilities because of their drug addiction. Roughly ** percent of them were treated with the use of a substitute drug. The most common by far was methadone. This statistic displays the distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitute drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by drug.
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Ministero della Salute. (November 6, 2024). Distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitutive drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by substitutive drug [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/
Ministero della Salute. "Distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitutive drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by substitutive drug." Chart. November 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/
Ministero della Salute. (2024). Distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitutive drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by substitutive drug. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/
Ministero della Salute. "Distribution of Females Treated for Drug Addiction with Substitutive Drugs in Public Facilities in Italy as of 2023, by Substitutive Drug." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/
Ministero della Salute, Distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitutive drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by substitutive drug Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/ (last visited July 17, 2025)
Distribution of females treated for drug addiction with substitutive drugs in public facilities in Italy as of 2023, by substitutive drug [Graph], Ministero della Salute, November 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386510/distribution-of-female-addicts-treated-with-substitutive-drugs-by-substitutive-drug-italy/