Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2009 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Minimum, maximum, mean, median and modal purity recorded

Country		Amphetamine (percentage)						Methamphetamine (percentage)						Ecstasy (mg of MDMA base per unit)
Country		Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Median	Mode	Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Median	Mode	Sample size	Min.	Max.	Mean	Median	Mode
Belgium		204	0.1	68.6	16.2	13.4	0.2	10	1.4	79.6	32.0	7.2	79.6	48	1.3	169.5	51.6	50.0	:
Bulgaria		804	0.2	73	1	:	4	32	1	66	11.8	:	6	53	0.3	250	61.6	:	35
Czech Republic		1	:	7.3	:	:	:	144	17	87.2	68.1	71.9	66.3	6	1.5	7.3	3.4	3	:
Denmark-A		56	1	48	8	5	:	6	4	41	16	11	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Denmark-B		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	11	1	94	53	51	:
Germany	(1)	2825	:	:	:	4.8	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	204991	0.6	170	:	50	:
Estonia		332	2.3	71	22	21	21	6	6.8	21	10	7	6	4	58	99	77	76	:
Ireland		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Greece		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
France		40	0	69.6	11.1	4.4	2.9	:	:	:	:	:	:	25	0	125.8	42.7	35.5	:
Italy		3	7.5	24	13	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	13	11	642	30	26	:
Cyprus		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia		54	1	37	16	:	11	469	2	59	30	:	30	19	12	61	27	:	27
Lithuania	(2)	83	0.05	49.4	23	:	:	451	0.04	72.1	24	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg		:	0.5	40.5	15.4	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0.01	73.0	17.3	:	:
Hungary		280	0.5	50	6.3	4.7	4.5	26	0.2	80	50	47	45	:	:	:	:	:	:
Malta		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	100	21.3	34.8	28	:	27.3
Netherlands		973	1	76	27	:	:	11	1	80	74.1	:	:	1561	1	218	66	:	:
Austria	(3)	73	0.3	42.6	7.3	4.18	:	12	0.5	99.1	58.4	61.2	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Poland		523	1	48	24	:	17	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Portugal		3	1	12	4.9	1.8	:	7	4.5	99.1	25.2	8.8	8.8	12	2.3	66.8	22.2	10.3	:
Romania		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Slovenia		96	0.5	33.3	3.2	1.9	1.7	:	:	:	:	:	:	1	108	108	108	108	:
Slovakia	(4)	8	2.4	15.4	5.7	5.2	:	1027	0.1	90	67.1	71.9	:	9	14.2	79.5	23.2	29.8	:
Finland		425	0.1	81	20.2	16	:	33	1	59	28.9	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
Sweden		:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:
United Kingdom	(5)	1764	0.1	75	8	4	1	31	5.7	99	54.8	63	27	4	35	47	43.5	:	:
Croatia		292	1	40.7	5.2	:	3	1	0	0	76	:	:	14	2.4	88.4	55.5	:	:
Turkey		17	0.8	71.6	12.5	22	11	14	20	81.3	61	55.4	75	69807	2	144	94.4	53.5	94
Norway		:	4	60	29	:	:	:	1	97	44	:	:	:	7	106	61	:	:

Notes:

Min.= minimum purity recorded; Max. = maximum purity recorded; Mean = mean purity recorded; Median = middle purity value in the ranked data set; Mode = Most frequent (typical) purity recorded.

The minimum "zero" values represent a value greater than zero but lower than the minimum sensitivity threshold that allows a robust estimate.

(1) Data provided for purity of methamphetamine is given in content in mg per tablet/unit: Sample size=n.a.; Min=0.1; Max=15; Mean=n.a; Median=0.5; Mode=n.a. Number of sample size in category "Ecstacy" reflects number of tablets containing one active substance: 65.2%m-CPP, 31.8% MDMA, 2.7% amphetamine, 0.3% methamphetamines.

(2) Data provided for purity of ecstasy is given in % of MDMA: Sample size=34; Min=0.02; Max=43.4; Mean=20; Median= n.a; Mode=n.a.

(3) Data provided for purity of ecstasy is given in % of MDMA: Sample size=7; Min=11; Max=66.3; Mean=41.1; Median=44.5; Mode=n.a.

(4) Data reported as means is actually a weighted mean.

(5) Data refer to England and Wales only.

Sources:

Reitox national focal points. See also Table PPP-8 part (ii).

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Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2009 [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) Minimum, maximum, mean, median and modal purity recorded

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