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Table DRCrime-6. Heroin-related offences: percentage among total drug law offences, 1996-2002

                   

Country

  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Austria (1)   15.7 12.1 11.1 9.4 8.6 10.9 10.9  
Belgium       8 7.2 7.1 7.8 7.7  
Czech Republic (2)               7.9  
France (2)   23.3 15.5 9.7 7.6 7 6.4 5.4  
Germany (2)   32.5 27.2 23.4 20.5 19 18.7 17.1  
Hungary (2)       11.7 14.2 15.1 13.7 15.6  
Ireland (2)   15 13.6 14 12.4 8.7 10.6 9.3  
Italy (1) (4)   43.9 37.4 34.6 28.9 28.4 28.1 26.6  
Lithuania (1)           14.5 30.1 15.4  
Luxembourg (1)   52.6 54.4 55.6 50.8 55 41 50.8  
Netherlands (2) (5)       51.9 54.9 55.6 56.6 58.3  
Portugal (3) (6)   58.5 48.5 44.7 38.5 33.7 28 16.9  
Slovenia (1)             12.3 10.3  
Spain (1) (4)   27.8 22.5 17.4 14.6 13.1 11 7  
Sweden (1) (7)   8.9 7.8 8.3 7.9 7.4 7.1    
United Kingdom (1)   5.9 7.5 8.8 10.4 11.6      
                   
                   
Notes:                  
                   
Data are not available for some countries.  
For definitions of reports for drug law offences, please refer to [Methods and definitions - Drug law offences] in this Statistical bulletin.  
(1) Based on number of mentions of cannabis among all drug mentions, whether alone or with other drugs.  
(2) Based on number of offences with cannabis as main drug.  
(3) Among all offences broken down by drug (for some offences, a breakdown by drug is not available).  
(4) Among offences for drug dealing/trafficking (since offences for drug use/possession for use are not criminalised).  
(5) Data here refer to 'hard drugs' (defined as drugs which pose unacceptable public health risks, such as heroin, cocaine, LSD and ecstasy).  
(6) Underestimated proportion since it represents offences for heroin only (or 'hard drugs' only in the case of the Netherlands) - it does not include offences for 'heroin with other drug(s)' (or 'hard drugs with other drug(s)' in the case of the Netherlands).  
(7) Percentage among persons given a summary fine by the prosecutor or sentenced by a court.  
 
Source: National focal points  
                   

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