Drug availability and drug markets: prices and purity information

Overview of the data  |  Tables  |  Methods and definitions

Overview of the data

The link above gives access to the tables in the bulletin in the section dealing with drug price, potency and purity, as well as to a description of the methods and definitions used in compiling this data. A brief, summary overview is provided below. The tables included in the bulletin give information for countries which provided 2003 data. Tables include data from the EU Member States and Norway.

The tables in this section provide an overview of drug prices and drug purity/potency at retail level for major drug types of interest in 2003 (cannabis, heroin, cocaine, synthetic drugs).

Tables PPP-1 to PPP-4 show reported drug prices at retail level by country, where data are available, for the major drug types of interest in 2003. Part (i) of each table gives minimum, maximum and average prices in euros for 2003 and part (ii) of the table gives the names of the sources of information of the data provided in part (i).

Tables PPP-5 to PPP-8 show reported drug purity/potency at retail level by country, where data are available, for the major drug types of interest in 2003. Part (i) of each table gives minimum, maximum and average prices in euros for 2003; part (ii) of the table gives the sources of information of the data provided in part (i); and part (iii) of the table gives information on the type of sampling and the type of study, both of which affect data provided in part (i).

Summary points

Cannabis

Heroin

Cocaine

Synthetic drugs