This infographic coming from the publication New psychoactive substances: 25 years of early warning and response in Europe — an update from the EU Early Warning System presents some key statistics on notifications of the synthetic cannabinoids to the EWS and cannabinoids seizures (trends in the number and quantities seized), in the EU-27.
Number of synthetic cannabinoids notified for the first time, 2008-2021 (EU+2)
Trends in the number of cannabinoid seizures, 2008-2020 (EU)
Trends in the quantity of powders and herbal material seized, 2008-2020 (EU)
Number of powder seizures by substance, 2020 (EU)
Quantity of powders seized by substance, 2020 (EU)
Number of seizures of herbal material by substance, 2020 (EU)
Quantity of herbal material seized by substance, 2020 (EU)
Source data
Table 1: Number of synthetic cannabinoids notified for the first time, 2008-2021 (EU+2)
| Year |
Notifications |
|---|
| 2008 |
1 |
| 2009 |
9 |
| 2010 |
11 |
| 2011 |
23 |
| 2012 |
31 |
| 2013 |
29 |
| 2014 |
30 |
| 2015 |
24 |
| 2016 |
11 |
| 2017 |
10 |
| 2018 |
11 |
| 2019 |
8 |
| 2020 |
11 |
| 2021 |
15 |
Table 2: Trends in the number of cannabinoid seizures, 2008-2020 (EU)
| Year |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|---|
| Number of seizures |
99 |
358 |
1006 |
1718 |
2820 |
9813 |
9601 |
7819 |
9941 |
8962 |
8729 |
6042 |
5711 |
Table 3: Trends in the quantity of powders and herbal material seized, 2008-2020 (EU)
| Year |
Powders seized (kg) |
Herbal material seized (kg) |
|---|
| 2008 |
0 |
0.306 |
| 2009 |
2.034 |
151.298 |
| 2010 |
41.11 |
134.321 |
| 2011 |
20.762 |
118.531 |
| 2012 |
341.108 |
71.256 |
| 2013 |
595.734 |
174.005 |
| 2014 |
419.119 |
206.559 |
| 2015 |
337.087 |
1560.226 |
| 2016 |
191.097 |
551.02 |
| 2017 |
149.957 |
158.567 |
| 2018 |
70.771 |
235.921 |
| 2019 |
82.602 |
112.704 |
| 2020 |
96.701 |
100.325 |
Table 4: Number of powder seizures by substance, 2020 (EU)
| Substance |
Number of seizures powder |
|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA |
103 |
| 4F-MDMB-BICA |
41 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA |
156 |
| 5F-EMB-PICA |
11 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA |
67 |
| Other |
227 |
Table 5: Quantity of powders seized by substance, 2020 (EU)
| MDMB-4en-PINACA |
65.777 |
|---|
| 4F-MDMB-BICA |
8.445 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA |
5.235 |
| 5F-EMB-PICA |
4.156 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA |
2.437 |
| Other |
10.651 |
Table 6: Number of seizures of herbal material by substance, 2020 (EU)
| Substance |
Number of seizures of herbal material |
|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA |
1246 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA |
1297 |
| JWH-210 |
229 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA |
812 |
| 5F-Cumyl-PeGaClone |
219 |
| Other |
1303 |
Table 7: Quantity of herbal material seized by substance, 2020 (EU)
| Substance |
Herbal material seized (kg) |
|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA |
46.304 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA |
17.378 |
| JWH-210 |
16.379 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA |
6.116 |
| 5F-Cumyl-PeGaClone |
3.38 |
| Other |
10.767 |
