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Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2011
Part (iii) Geographical coverage / sampling frame / type of study
| Country | Geographical coverage / Sampling frame / Type of study | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | National / seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis following prosecutors' decision / analysis developed by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation" | |
| Bulgaria | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures. Adulterants/cutting agents/impurities in amphetamine and MDMA samples: Amphetamine: caffeine, quinine, paracetamol and theophiline; MDMA: caffeine and lactose | |
| Czech Republic | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures in some laboratories; not all analysis and all laboratories are included (permanent data collection twice per year). | |
| Denmark-A | National (5 largest cities ) / small seizures at user's level, random selection of powder between 0,03 and 1 gram in the 5 largest cities/ monitoring system / base | |
| Denmark-B | National / all police seizures / monitoring system / base | |
| Germany | National / all seizures linked to criminal investigation / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Estonia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| France | National / all seizures / monitoring system | |
| Italy | National / seizures under a specific threshold (Latium all seizures) / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Latvia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Lithuania | National / all seizures - amphetamine purity refer to amphetamine powder only / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Luxembourg | National / all seizures random sampling / monitoring system | |
| Hungary | National / all seizures submitted for analysis of over: 0.7g for amphetamines, 10 units for ecstasy, and less than 100g for 'street level' powders / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Malta | National / random sample of police and customs seizures / monitoring system | |
| Netherlands | National / all samples provided by drug users containing at least 1 mg of the substance (1011 samples were purchased as amphetamine, 8 as methamphetamine and 2357 as MDMA) / routine analysis of drug samples provided by users | |
| Austria | National / seizures under a specific threshold / seizures when suspicion about the substance / test purchases at street level / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Poland | National / samples at user's level / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Portugal | National / random selected sample of seizures of under 1 g / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Romania | National / sampling of all cases (retail or large) for which the authorities requested the potency analysis according UNODC best practice manual / routine analysis of seizures / salt for MDMA; base for amphetamine (using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) technique) | |
| Slovenia | National / all seizures. Ecstasy sample size is based on logos / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Slovakia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Finland | : | |
| Sweden | National / seizures made by the police. Quantitative analysis is always carried out on seizures consisting of >200g or on request from the police / Data is collected continuously throughout the year | |
| United Kingdom | National (England and Wales) / no more than 25 g seizures submitted for analysis by police forces / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Croatia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Turkey | National / seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis due judicial or law enforcement needs / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Norway | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures |