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Drug abuse in Denmark (Jutland and Funen)

A forensic study based upon drugs seized in 1982–1987

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Two thousand fifty-three samples submitted to forensic chemical analysis during the period 1982–1987 were characterized according to their content of narcotics and the year of seizure. Heroin and cannabis dominated the material, but a significant decrease in the number of heroin samples was observed in 1987. Amphetamine, on the contrary, hardly seen during the period 1982–1984, accounted for half of the narcotics submitted in 1987. The misuse of morphine, especially in the form of poppy capsules, was a problem for some years, whereas cocaine has not yet been a drug of abuse in Denmark. The mean concentrations of the heroin and the amphetamine samples were 30% and 44%, respectively, both for retail drugs and the entire material.

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Zweitausenddreiundfünfzig Proben, die in Dänemark in den Jahren 1982–1987 einer gerichtschemischen Analyse zugeführt wurden, wurden nach dem Gehalt von Suchtmitteln charakterisiert. Heroin und Cannabis dominierten, aber eine signifikante Senkung der Heroinproben wurde im Jahre 1987 beobachtet: im Gegensatz zum Amphetamin. Dieses wurde kaum in den Jahren 1982–1984 beobachtet, um nachher im Jahre 1987 fast die Hälfte der zugeschickten Proben auszumachen. Der Mißbrauch von Morphin, hauptsächlich in der Form der Mohnkapseln, wurde in einigen Jahren beobachtet: Kokain wurde kaum als Suchtmittel in Dänemark beobachtet. Die durchschnittliche Konzentration der Heroin- und Amphetaminproben war 30% bzw. 44% in dem untersuchten Material.

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Kaa, E. Drug abuse in Denmark (Jutland and Funen). Z Rechtsmed 101, 229–236 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200228

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