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Table PPP-5. Potency of cannabis products at retail level, 2005 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Minimum, maximum, mean and modal (typical) potency recorded, measured as percentage of THC content

Country		Cannabis resin					Herbal cannabis
Country		Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Mode	Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Mode
Belgium		125	0.1	33.9	16.98	4.6	279	0.5	33.8	15.38	18.8
Bulgaria		3	0.7	5	2.2	1	355	0.1	10	2.4	2
Czech Republic		10	4	17.28	7.4	10	108	0.1	20.6	3.8	1.6
Germany	(1)	3926			8.6		5870			9
Estonia		11	0.62	8.2	4.38	5	28	0.03	16.6	3.31	0.35
France-A		516	LT2	26.5	8.8	10	100	LT2	18	6.1	6
France-B		236	0.8	54	10	5.6	155	0.4	24.7	9.7	5.5
Luxembourg		58	0.6	22.26	10.92
Hungary		25	0.1	6	3.5	3,5; 5	418	0.01	6	1.7	1,5; 2
Malta		136	7.2	11.5	10.3	11.2	7	1.5	10	8.5	9.6
Netherlands	(2)	55		31.6	16.9		14		10.4	6.7
Austria		93	0.1	26.4	7.6		152	0.03	20	5.6	6.3
Poland							66	0.22	4.19	1.01	0.75
Portugal		225	1.2	20.1	5.4	4.5	15	0.1	11.7	3	2.9
Slovakia	(3)	32	3.3	29.3	13.2	12.8	1219		32	6.1	7.8
United Kingdom	(4)	8	4	8	5.25	5	233	1	28	13.48	13

Notes:

Min = minimum price recorded; Max = maximum price recorded; Mean = mean price recorded. Mode = Most frequent (typical) potency recorded.

LT = less than.

Data were not available in 2005 for the un-listed EU member states, Turkey and Norway.

(1) The value reported as mean is actually the median.

(2) Data refer to 2004/2005.

(3) The value reported as mean is actually the weighted mean.

(4) Data refer to England and Wales only.

Sources:

Reitox national focal points (see Table PPP-5 partii)