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Table PPP-8. Purity of synthetic drugs at retail level, 2011
Part (i) Minimum, maximum, mean, median and modal purity recorded
| Country | Amphetamine (percentage) | Methamphetamine (percentage) | Ecstasy (mg of MDMA base per unit) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | Min. | Max. | Mean | Median | Mode | Sample size | Min. | Max. | Mean | Median | Mode | Sample size | Min. | Max. | Mean | Median | Mode | ||||
| Belgium | 180 | 0.4 | 90.2 | 22.2 | 20.2 | : | 4 | 13.1 | 72.8 | 28.7 | 14.4 | : | 31 | 0.7 | 150.5 | 85.3 | 85.7 | : | |||
| Bulgaria | (1) | 558 | 0.3 | 73.4 | 10.4 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 1.5 | 75 | 32.8 | 27 | 60 | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||
| Czech Republic | 3 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 6.95 | : | : | 163 | 5.3 | 82.4 | 69.01 | 74 | 69 | 5 | 17 | 78.8 | 42.98 | 23.99 | : | |||
| Denmark-A | 56 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 5 | : | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 15 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Denmark-B | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 6 | 3 | 107 | 72 | 81 | : | |||
| Germany | (2) | 3102 | : | : | : | 6.9 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 751904 | 6 | 242 | : | 73 | : | ||
| Estonia | 288 | 1.3 | 65 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 55 | 128 | 91 | 86 | 86 | |||
| Ireland | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Greece | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Spain | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| France | 50 | 0 | 71.1 | 15.4 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 11 | 6.4 | 80 | 78.8 | 79.2 | 80 | 31 | 0 | 129.4 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 1.5 | |||
| Italy | 5 | 8.7 | 70 | 22.5 | 10 | : | 5 | 10 | 87 | 67.6 | 80 | : | 11 | 35 | 135 | 84 | 85 | 85 | |||
| Cyprus | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Latvia | 29 | 4 | 46 | 20 | : | 24 | 681 | 3 | 87 | 26 | : | 32 | 13 | 90 | 144 | 99 | : | 90 | |||
| Lithuania | (3) | : | 2.6 | 71.9 | 22 | : | : | : | 0.9 | 71.9 | 20 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||
| Luxembourg | 10 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 15.6 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 6 | 44.4 | 89.9 | 77.9 | : | : | |||
| Hungary | 287 | 0.5 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 80 | 35 | 30 | 30 | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Malta | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 2100 | 30 | 80 | 55 | : | 54 | |||
| Netherlands | 1107 | 1 | 74 | 29.7 | : | : | 3 | 1 | 78 | 29 | : | : | 1969 | 1 | 220 | 100.3 | : | : | |||
| Austria | (4) | 59 | 0.16 | 28.5 | 7.9 | 5.5 | : | 28 | 3.8 | 80.3 | 52 | 65.8 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||
| Poland | 346 | 1 | 78 | 18.1 | 13 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Portugal | 12 | 2.2 | 65.4 | 23.6 | 9.3 | : | 2 | 29.4 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 30.1 | : | 11 | 6.9 | 137.2 | 59.8 | 58.1 | : | |||
| Romania | (5) | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||
| Slovenia | 114 | 0.2 | 21.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Slovakia | (6) | 8 | 4.8 | 82.7 | 10.1 | : | 25.1 | 774 | 0.2 | 83 | 69.2 | : | 73.4 | 24 | 72 | 90.6 | 76.9 | : | 78.6 | ||
| Finland | 501 | 1 | 75 | 18 | 16 | : | 31 | 3 | 62 | 22 | 13 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| Sweden | 1063 | 1 | 100 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 117 | 1 | 85 | 34 | 32 | 39 | : | : | : | : | : | : | |||
| United Kingdom | (7) | 909 | 0.1 | 98 | 10.4 | 7 | 4.1 | 27 | 1 | 100 | 44 | 95.5 | 98.8 | 10 | 17 | 116 | 71 | : | : | ||
| Croatia | 311 | 0.4 | 70 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 7 | 18 | 1.9 | 78.5 | 39.6 | 47.5 | : | 21 | 40 | 132 | 79.6 | 70.3 | : | |||
| Turkey | 63 | 8.3 | 29.4 | 16.8 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 63 | 71 | 99 | 82.3 | 81 | 82 | 21 | 1 | 216 | 133 | 141 | 145 | |||
| Norway | : | 1 | 99 | 25 | : | : | : | 9 | 96 | 38 | : | : | 4 | 49 | 75 | 62 | : | : | |||
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 = 25.; Min = 0,3; Max = 81; Mean = 29,1; Median = 24; Mode = 37,7.
(2) Data provided for purity of methamphetamine is given in content in mg per tablet/unit: Sample size = 24813.; Min = 7; Max = 14; Mean = n.a; Median = 112; Mode = n.a.
(3) Data provided for purity of ecstasy is given in % of MDMA: Sample size = n.a; Min = 0.4; Max = 67.5; Mean = 26; Median = n.a; Mode = n.a.
(4) Data provided for purity of ecstasy is given in % of MDMA: Sample size = 33; Min = 19.1; Max = 83.75; Mean = 63.4; Median = 79.66; Mode = n.a.
(5) The amphetamine sample contained 7 unmarked tablets and the purity of these tablets was 4%. The ecstasy sample weighed 44.22 grams and its purity was 94.63%.
(6) Data reported as means is actually a weighted mean.
(7) Data refer to England and Wales and Scottish Police Service Authority.
Source:
Reitox national focal points. See also Table PPP-8 part (ii).