Notes:

(1) 1998 data includes both seizures of ecstasy and amphetamine.

(2) Accurate data are not available before 2002 due to double counting of seizures by police and customs reports. 2002 data include 1 seizure of ecstasy powder.

(3) Until 2003, data include both ecstasy and amphetamine tablets.

(4) Since 2000, data include seizures of tablets of all amphetamine-type products with no differentiation between products (a majority of seizures of tablets being ecstasy-type products); see Table SZR-11 for number of seizures of amphetamine-type products additionally seized in kg.

(5) 1997 data include 269 seizures of MDMA and 41 of MDEA. 2000 data include seizures of both ecstasy and amphetamine.

(6) Data include 6 seizures of ecstasy measured in kg in 2001; 21 in 2002; 21 in 2003; and 25 in 2004.

(7) Before 2001, data include only seizures of MDMA and MDA; whereas since 2001, data include seizures of MDMA, MDA and MDE.

(8) 2003 data refer to England, Scotland and Wales only.

(9) Except for 2002, data refer to seizures made by customs and the National Service for Combating Organised Crime (NACOC) from the Ministry of Interior. 2002 data refer only to seizures made by NACOC.

(10) Up to 2003 the number of large seizures only is reported; from 2004 all seizures are reported.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Source:

Reitox national focal points.