[DanBC]

Your source lists opiates - products of opium poppy - not opioids (the superset that includes poppy products and synthetic product).

Since this discussion is about synthetic opioids it's not a useful source.

Have a look here. The US has considerably higher use than each of the countries you list when we talk about prescription meds.

http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/Sta...