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Table PPP-6. Purity of heroin at retail level, 2005 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (iii) Sampling frame/type of study

CountrySampling frame/type of study
BelgiumSmall seizures (mostly at user's level)/judicial cases analysed in the framework of the project 'Composition of drugs in circulation'.
BulgariaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
Czech RepublicAll seizures (analysed in Prague and 3 out of 7 regional police laboratories)/routine analysis of seizures.
DenmarkUser's level/monitoring system.
GermanyAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
EstoniaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
GreeceAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
SpainSmall seizures (in 9 out of 17 Autonomous Communities of Spain)/routine analysis of seizures.
FranceAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
LatviaAll seizures by the police if the substance was confiscated from a known person/routine analysis of seizures.
LithuaniaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
LuxembourgAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
HungaryAll seizures submitted for analysis of over 0.6 g./routine analysis of seizures.
MaltaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
The Netherlands-AUser's level: samples supplied by potential users to care institutions/monitoring system.
The Netherlands-BUser's level: seizures by security at discotheques and clubs/monitoring system.
AustriaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
PolandLarge seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
PortugalAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
SloveniaAll seizures (between July and December)/routine analysis of seizures.
SlovakiaAll seizures/routine analysis of seizures.
UK (England and Wales)All seizures, purchases/routine analysis of seizures.
TurkeyAll seizures: random selection/routine analysis of seizures.
NorwayAlmost all seizures (fewer analyses of small seizures)/routine analysis of seizures.

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