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Table PPP-6. Purity of heroin at retail level, 2008 [see all tables in this series...]
Part (iii) Sampling frame / Type of study / Purity determined to base-salt
| Country | Sampling frame / Type of study / Purity determined to the base~salt | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis / analysis develop by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation" | |
| Bulgaria | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Czech Republic | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Denmark | Small seizures at user's level, random selection of powder between 0,03 and 1 gram in the 5 largest cities/ monitoring system / base | |
| Germany | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Estonia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / salt | |
| Spain | Seizures sample amount threshold 1 g / monitoring system / not available | |
| France | All seizures / monitoring system / base | |
| Italy | Seizures under a specific threshold / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Latvia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / not available | |
| Lithuania | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Luxembourg | All seizures / monitoring system / base | |
| Hungary | All seizures submitted for analysis of over 0.6 g / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Netherlands | All samples provided by drug users / routine analysis of drug samples provided by users / base | |
| Austria | Seizures under a specific threshold/seizures when suspicion about the substance/test purchases at street level / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Portugal | Random selected sample of seizures of under 1 g / routine analysis of seizures / not specified | |
| Romania | Sampling of seizures according UNODC best practice manual / routine analysis of seizures | |
| Slovenia | All seizures submitted for analysis of over 0.1 g / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Slovakia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Finland | All seizures sample amount threshold 2 g / monitoring system / salt | |
| United Kingdom-A & B | All seizures submitted for analysis by police forces / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Croatia | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
| Turkey | Seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis; sampling of large seizures for Heroin (undistinguished) and retail level for brown heroin/ analysis of seizures due judicial or law enforcement needs/ salt | |
| Norway | All seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base and salt |
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