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Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs 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, except for heroin and cocaine only quantities larger than 500 gr / routine analysis of seizures.
France-AAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures.
France-BAll 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: 0,7 g for amphetamine; 10 units for ecstasy and less than 100 g for "street level" powders / routine analysis of seizures.
MaltaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures.
The Netherlands-AUser's level: samples supplied by potencial users to care institutions / monitoring system.
The Netherlands-BUser's level: seizures by security at discotheques and clubs / monitoring system.
PolandAll seizures for which samples of over 5 grams are sent to the laboratory / routine analysis of seizures.
PortugalAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures.
SlovakiaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures.
Finland-AAll seizures submitted for analysis with of 0,5 g to 10 g / Ad-hoc study: Street-level amphetamine purity.
Finland-BAll seizures tested in the Customs Laboratory over 5 g / routine analysis of seizures.
UK (England and Wales)All seizures, purchases / routine analysis of seizures.
TurkeyAll seizures: random selection / routine analysis of seizures.

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