title: Drug abuse in Denmark (Jutland and Funen). A forensic study based upon drugs seized in 1982-1987.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaa
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine; D003042:Cocaine; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology; D009021:Morphine Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D000661:Amphetamine; D003042:Cocaine