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Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2008 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (iii) Sampling frame / Type of study

CountrySampling frame / Type of study
BelgiumSeizures sent to the laboratories for analysis / analysis developed by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation"
BulgariaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures.
Czech RepublicAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
Denmark-ASmall seizures at user's level, random selection of powder between 0,03 and 1 gram in the 5 largest cities/ monitoring system / base
Denmark-BAll police seizures / monitoring system
GermanyAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
EstoniaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
FranceAll seizures / monitoring system
ItalySeizures under a specific threshold / routine analysis of seizures
LatviaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
LithuaniaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
LuxembourgAll seizures / monitoring system
HungaryAll seizures submitted for analysis of over: 0.7g for amphetamines, 10 units for ecstasy, and less than 100g for 'street level' powders / routine analysis of seizures
MaltaAll seizures / monitoring system
NetherlandsAll samples provided by drug users / routine analysis of drug samples provided by users
AustriaSeizures under a specific threshold / seizures when suspicion about the substance / test purchases at street level / routine analysis of seizures
PolandSamples at user's level / routine analysis of seizures
PortugalRandom selected sample of seizures of under 1 g / routine analysis of seizures
RomaniaSampling of seizures according UNODC best practice manual / routine analysis of seizures
SloveniaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
SlovakiaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
FinlandAmphetamine and methamphetamine: sample amount threshold 10 g / monitoring system
United Kingdom-A & BAll seizures submitted for analysis by police forces / routine analysis of seizures
CroatiaAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures
TurkeySeizures sent to the laboratories for analysis due judicial or law enforcement needs; sampling of large seizures / routine analysis of seizures / salt
NorwayAll seizures / routine analysis of seizures

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