Infographic: synthetic cannabinoids notifications to the Early Warning System and seizures
Description
This infographic coming from the publication New psychoactive substances: 25 years of early warning and response in Europe — an update from the EU Early Warning System presents some key statistics on notifications of the synthetic cannabinoids to the EWS and cannabinoids seizures (trends in the number and quantities seized), in the EU-27.
The source data for the graphics is available in the source tables on this page.
Source data
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 31 |
| 2013 | 29 |
| 2014 | 30 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of seizures | 99 | 358 | 1006 | 1718 | 2820 | 9813 | 9601 | 7819 | 9941 | 8962 | 8729 | 6042 | 5711 |
| Year | Powders seized (kg) | Herbal material seized (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 0.306 |
| 2009 | 2.034 | 151.298 |
| 2010 | 41.11 | 134.321 |
| 2011 | 20.762 | 118.531 |
| 2012 | 341.108 | 71.256 |
| 2013 | 595.734 | 174.005 |
| 2014 | 419.119 | 206.559 |
| 2015 | 337.087 | 1560.226 |
| 2016 | 191.097 | 551.02 |
| 2017 | 149.957 | 158.567 |
| 2018 | 70.771 | 235.921 |
| 2019 | 82.602 | 112.704 |
| 2020 | 96.701 | 100.325 |
| Substance | Number of seizures powder |
|---|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA | 103 |
| 4F-MDMB-BICA | 41 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA | 156 |
| 5F-EMB-PICA | 11 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA | 67 |
| Other | 227 |
| MDMB-4en-PINACA | 65.777 |
|---|---|
| 4F-MDMB-BICA | 8.445 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA | 5.235 |
| 5F-EMB-PICA | 4.156 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA | 2.437 |
| Other | 10.651 |
| Substance | Number of seizures of herbal material |
|---|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA | 1246 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA | 1297 |
| JWH-210 | 229 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA | 812 |
| 5F-Cumyl-PeGaClone | 219 |
| Other | 1303 |
| Substance | Herbal material seized (kg) |
|---|---|
| MDMB-4en-PINACA | 46.304 |
| 5F-MDMB-PICA | 17.378 |
| JWH-210 | 16.379 |
| 4F-MDMB-BINACA | 6.116 |
| 5F-Cumyl-PeGaClone | 3.38 |
| Other | 10.767 |
