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Table 3 Seizure amounts of major illicit drugs in Korea from 2006 to 2014

From: Comparison of illegal drug use pattern in Taiwan and Korea from 2006 to 2014

Category

Illicit Drug

Unit

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Narcotic

Poppy

Stump

32,081

37,275

35,488

113,422

38,554

37,443

22,753

25,369

65,023

Raw poppy

Kg

0.098

0.137

0.395

0.166

0.05

-

-

-

0.11

Heroin

Kg

0.018

-

-

1.914

0.081

-

0.004

-

-

Cocaine

Kg

4.772

0.079

8.869

0.298

-

2.153

0.064

1.215

0.011

Psychotropic

Methamphetamine

Kg

21.543

23.739

25.572

15.189

11.888

23.466

20.716

37.689

47.680

MDMA

Kg

0.356

18.323

0.236

0.295

0.16

0.185

0.774

0.407

0.216

YABA

Kg

-

0.196

0.151

0

0.002

0.002

0.133

1.319

0.93

LSD

Kg

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.011

-

0.008

JWH-018 & Analog

Kg

  

-

0.063

0.194

1.183

4.454

1.107

0.049

Propofol

Ampoule (50 ml)

-

-

-

-

-

2,004

20,202

159

319

Others

Kg

   

4.449

4.789

3.840

9.264

10.172

15.017

Cannabis

Cannabis

Stump

3,890

4,251

3,385

12,690

3,244

70,916

5,195

8,072

5,088

Marijuana

Kg

20.859

22.202

92.692

122.539

44.484

83.559

21.722

24.396

23.315

Seed

Kg

62.186

10.684

61.196

218.156

37.048

28.229

27.871

6.215

4.391

Hashish

Kg

0.158

0.761

2.021

0.517

0.038

0.06

0.334

0.066

0.334