Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2004 – Part (i) Minimum, maximum and average purity (percentage)

Country

Amphetamine

Methamphetamine

Sample size

Min.

Max.

Ave.

Sample size

Min.

Max.

Ave.

Belgium

 

288

0.2

75.2

30.8

 

 

 

 

Czech Republic

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.3

80

50

Denmark

(1)

58

1

59

9

 

 

 

 

Germany

(1)

2029

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

 

Estonia

 

 

0.4

100

39

 

 

 

 

France

 

 

<10

>90

25

 

 

 

 

Italy

 

 

11

67

35.4

 

 

 

 

Latvia

 

236

2

96

35

 

 

 

 

Lithuania

 

435

0.4

86.5

33.5

 

 

 

 

Luxembourg

 

 

1.3

40.7

9.4

 

 

 

 

Hungary

 

315

2

35

12

 

 

 

 

Malta

 

2

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

Netherlands-A

 

450

 

77

35.1

 

 

 

 

Netherlands-B

 

18

 

66

18.6

 

 

 

 

Austria

 

160

1

100

25

 

 

 

 

Poland

 

256

10

98

30-40

 

 

 

 

Portugal

 

1

 

 

37.3

 

 

 

 

Slovakia

(2)

1

 

 

10

318

5.1

80.9

42.9

United Kingdom

(3)

1440

1

72

9

 

 

 

 

Bulgaria

 

114

2

10

5 to 6

 

 

 

 

Turkey

 

5

8

18

12

 

 

 

 

Norway

(4)

800

1

98

44

 

 

 

 

Notes:

Min. = minimum purity recorded; Max. = maximum purity recorded; Ave. = average purity recorded.

Data were not available in 2004 for the unlisted EU Member States and Romania.

(1) Data reported as averages are actually median values.

(2) The value reported as average is actually the weighted mean.

(3) Data refer to England and Wales only.

(4) Values presented for sample size and average are approximations.

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

Source:

Reitox national focal points, see Table PPP-8 part (ii).

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