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Country | Geographical coverage / Sampling frame / Type of study | |
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Belgium | National / seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis following prosecutors' decision / analysis developed by 11 laboratories including data from "Project drugs in circulation" | |
Bulgaria | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures. Adulterants/cutting agents/impurities in amphetamine and MDMA samples: Amphetamine: caffeine, quinine, paracetamol and theophiline; MDMA: caffeine and lactose | |
Czech Republic | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures in some laboratories; not all analysis and all laboratories are included (permanent data collection twice per year). | |
Denmark-A | National (5 largest cities ) / small seizures at user's level, random selection of powder between 0,03 and 1 gram in the 5 largest cities/ monitoring system / base | |
Denmark-B | National / all police seizures / monitoring system / base | |
Germany | National / all seizures linked to criminal investigation / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
Estonia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
France | National / all seizures / monitoring system | |
Italy | National / seizures under a specific threshold (Latium all seizures) / routine analysis of seizures | |
Latvia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
Lithuania | National / all seizures - amphetamine purity refer to amphetamine powder only / routine analysis of seizures | |
Luxembourg | National / all seizures random sampling / monitoring system | |
Hungary | National / all 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 | |
Malta | National / random sample of police and customs seizures / monitoring system | |
Netherlands | National / all samples provided by drug users containing at least 1 mg of the substance (1061 samples were purchased as amphetamine, 20 as methamphetamine and 2181 as MDMA) / routine analysis of drug samples provided by users | |
Austria | National / seizures under a specific threshold / seizures when suspicion about the substance / test purchases at street level / routine analysis of seizures | |
Poland | National / samples at user's level / routine analysis of seizures | |
Portugal | National / random selected sample of seizures of under 1 g / routine analysis of seizures | |
Romania | National / sampling of seizures according UNODC best practice manual / routine analysis of seizures | |
Slovenia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
Slovakia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
Finland | National / all seizures sample amount threshold 2 g / monitoring system / salt | |
United Kingdom | National (England and Wales) / all seizures submitted for analysis by police forces / routine analysis of seizures / base | |
Croatia | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures | |
Turkey | National / seizures sent to the laboratories for analysis due judicial or law enforcement needs / routine analysis of seizures | |
Norway | National / all seizures / routine analysis of seizures |
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