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Table PPP-5. Potency of cannabis products at retail level, 2008 [see all tables in this series...]
Part (iii) Sampling frame / Type of study
| Country | Sampling frame / Type of study | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis / analysis developed by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation" | |
| Bulgaria | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Czech Republic | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Germany | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Estonia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| France-A | All seizures / monitoring system | |
| France-B | All seizures / monitoring system | |
| Italy | Seizures under a specific threshold / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Luxembourg | All seizures / monitoring system | |
| Hungary | All seizures submitted for analysis of herbal cannabis over 8 g / resin seizures of over 25 g / routine analysis of seizures: THC content means only free THC without THC acid. | |
| Malta | All seizures / monitoring system | |
| Netherlands | User's level: random test purchases in coffee shops / monitoring system | |
| Austria | Seizures under a specific threshold / Seizures when suspicion about the substance / test purchases at street level / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Poland | Not all seizures (includes material from cultivations) / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Portugal | Random selected sample of seizures of under 1 g / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Romania | Sampling of seizures according UNODC best practice manual / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Slovenia | All seizures: random selection / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Slovakia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Finland | THC purity is measured only when herbal cannabis sample amount is >150 g and the purity test is specially requested / monitoring system | |
| United Kingdom | Seizures, from street-level users when issuing a warning, submitted for analysis to their usual forensic provider by 23 Police Forces participated / ad-hoc study | |
| Turkey | Seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis due judicial or law enforcement needs. | |
| Norway | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures |
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