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Table 2 Summary of the seizures and population-normalised loads measured in wastewater data for cocaine, amphetamines and MDMA

From: Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

 

EMCDDA Drug Report 2015

UNODC Statistics

Wastewater Analysis 2015

Number of seizures in 2013

Amount seized (2010–2013)

Measured loads

(number/year)

(kg/year)

(mg/day/1000 inh)

City

Cocaine

Amphetamines

MDMA

Cocaine

Amphetamines

MDMAa

Benzoylecgonine

Amphetamines

MDMA

Norway/Oslo

1086

7229

411

94

354

6468

151.5

294.7

37.7

Spain/Castellon

38033

3471

2301

20689

297

312780

463.9

0.8

5.4

Belgium/Brussels

3653

3085

1338

10127

197

40341

390.9

3.5

25.4

UK/Bristol

18569

6515

3716

3216

1223

494300

528.7

41.6

86.3

Netherlands/Utrecht

-

-

-

10784

807

1750867

299.5

52.9

121.5

Italy/Milan

6031

128

136

5113

41

26311

380.9

10.4

15.5

Switzerland/Zurich

-

-

-

307

40

23354

672.6

32.0

64.8

Denmark/Copenhagen

2286

2167

590

205

275

35430

337.2

11.7

53.1

  1. a Number of tablets per year