Table DLO-3. Drug types involved in reports for drug law offences: percentage of all reports for drug law offences

Country

Year

Cannabis (%)

Heroin (%)

Cocaine (%)

Belgium

(1)

2004

62.8

9.0

10.1

Czech Republic

(2)

2004

36.3

6.4

0.8

Germany

(2) (3)

2004

63.3

12.5

8.5

Greece

(1)

2004

48.0

43.5

5.9

Spain

(1)

2004

74.3

3.9

18.8

France

(2)

2004

86.9

4.6

4.1

Ireland

(2)

2003

57.6

10.6

9.0

Italy

(1) (5)

2004

57.9

13.2

23.0

Cyprus

(2) (3)

2004

65.5

21.6

6.4

Lithuania

(1) (3)

2004

19.0

4.8

1.1

Luxembourg

(1) (6)

2004

22.9

32.6

43.1

Malta

(2)

2004

37.9

31.6

9.4

Netherlands

(4)

2004

41.6

 

 

Austria

(1)

2004

54.1

12.3

14.3

Poland

(2)

2004

61.3

2.3

0.3

Portugal

(3) (4) (7)

2004

57.8

13.2

7.1

Slovenia

(2)

2004

76.1

13.3

4.0

Slovakia

(1)

2004

56.8

14.7

1.1

Sweden

(1) (8)

2003

33.8

5.8

3.4

United Kingdom

(1) (9)

2003

71.2

9.6

6.6

Bulgaria

(1)

2004

59.2

31.2

2.2

Turkey

(2)

2004

70.0

11.7

3.0

Notes:

Data were not available for the unlisted EU Member States, Romania and Norway.

For definitions of reports for drug law offences, refer to Drug law offences – methods and definitions.

For information on the way percentages were calculated, refer to the notes below.

Percentages are based on offences for all drug types and may not sum to 100 % (in line).

(1) Based on number of mentions of all drugs, whether alone or with other drugs (in the same offence).

(2) Based on number of offences with mentions of drugs considered as main drugs.

(3) Among all offences broken down by drug (for some offences, a breakdown by drug is not available).

(4) The reported proportion represents offences for one drug alone: e.g. offences for cannabis do not include offences for cannabis plus other drug(s).

(5) Data are calculated on the total excluding the number of persons for whom the substance is unknown.

(6) Calculated on arrests for presumed offences against the 1973 drug law.

(7) Since the decriminalisation of drug use/possession for use in July 2001, such offences are reported through a different monitoring system; data presented here come from the latter as well as from the monitoring system recording criminal drug law offences.

(8) Calculated on persons given a summary fine by the prosecutor or sentenced by a court.

(9) 2003 data refer only to England, Scotland and Wales.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Source:

Reitox national focal points.

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