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. 2021 Feb 17;23(2):e24486. doi: 10.2196/24486

Table 6.

Popular opioids according to different years. Note that data for 2020 only included data from January to March; price per gram is in US $.

2014 2015 2019 2020
Name Number of listings Price (per gram), mean (SD) Name Number of listings Price (per gram), mean (SD) Name Number of listings Price (per gram), mean (SD) Name Number of listings Price (per gram), mean (SD)
Heroin 4251 129.5 (99.9) Heroin 2408 185.6 (138.4) Heroin 1697 73.0 (49.8) Heroin 611 67.0 (37.8)
Oxycodone 3086 660.3 (445.3) Oxycodone 2079 1239.1 (843.0) Oxycodone 1078 520.8 (444.9) Oxycodone 356 590.6 (450.4)
Fentanyl 1397 1116.4 (647.5) Fentanyl 1450 1546 (909.4) Codeine 418 80.3 (61.1) Fentanyl 149 154.2 (123.2)
Buprenorphine 934 2764.9 (2007.8) Buprenorphine 571 4243.7 (3006.1) Tramadol 331 16.1 (11.7) Buprenorphine 90 2083.7 (1471.7)
Tramadol 839 21.5 (14.4) Tramadol 555 29.8 (29.1) Fentanyl 282 247.8 (172.1) Hydrocodone 89 1183.1 (374.0)