EU Drug Markets: Abbreviations

2C-B 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamin
2-MMC 2-methylmethcathinone
3-CMC 3-chloromethcathinone
3-MMC 3-methylmethcathinone
4-CMC 4-chloromethcathinone (clephedrone)
4-MMC 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone)
4-MTA ssss
AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile
alpha-PHiP  alpha-pyrrolidinoisohexanophenone
ANPP 4-anilino-N-phenethylpiperidine
APAA alpha-phenylacetoacetamide
APAAN alpha-phenylacetoacetonitrile
BHO butane hash oil
BKA Bundeskriminalamt
BMK benzyl methyl ketone, also called phenyl-2-propanone (P-2-P) or phenylacetone
CBD cannabidiol
CBDA cannabidiolic acid
CBGA cannabigerolic acid
CBN cannabinol
CBNA cannabinolic acid
CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
CMF Combined Maritime Forces
CND Commission on Narcotic Drugs
COE Council of Europe
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
CSP Cocaine Signature Program
DEA US Drug Enforcement Administration
EAPA ethyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate
ECC elliptic-curve cryptography
ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
ECDD Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (WHO)
EDR European Drug Report
EMPACT European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats
ERICP European Reporting on Illicit Cannabis Production tool
ERISSP European Reporting Instrument on Sites related to Synthetic Production
ESCAPE European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise
Euro-DEN European Drug Emergencies Network
EU SOCTA European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment
EWS Early Warning System
EWSD European Web Survey on Drugs
FATF Financial Action Task Force
GBL gamma-butyrolactone
GHB gamma-hydroxybutyrate
H4-CBD​ tetrahydrocannabidiol
HCV hepatitis C virus
HHC hexahydrocannabinol
HHCH hexahydrocannabihexol
HHC-O hexahydrocannabinol acetate
HHC-P hexahydrocannabiphorol
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HSP Heroin Signature Program
HVT high-value target
INCB International Narcotics Control Board
INHESJ Institut national des hautes études de la sécurité et de la justice
JIT Joint Investigation Team
LFO Landelijke Faciliteit Ontmanteleng, the Dutch Illicit laboratory dismantling team
MAOC-N Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre - Narcotics
MAPA methyl alpha-phenylacetoacetate
MDA 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
MDMA 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
MDP-2-P 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one, also called piperonyl methyl ketone (PMK)
MEK methyl ethyl ketone
MIBK methyl isobutyl ketone
MSM men who have sex with men
NEP N-ethylnorpentedrone
NPP N-phenethyl-4-piperidone
NPS new psychoactive substance
OFDT Observatoire français des drogues et tendances addictives
ONDCP US Office of National Drug Control Policy
OTF operational task force
P2NP 1-phenyl-2-nitropropene
P-2-P phenyl-2-propanone, also called benzyl methyl ketone (BMK), or phenylacetone
PBC pasta básica de cocaína
PCC Primeiro Comando da Capital
PICS Precursors Incident Communication System
PMMA para-methoxy-methamphetamine
PMK piperonyl methyl ketone, also called 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one (MDP-2-P)
PTHIT phenyltetrahydroimidazothiazole
RILO WE Regional Intelligence Liaison Office Western Europe (WCO)
RRR resolution-racemisation-recycling
TCE trichloroethene
TEDI Trans European Drug Information network
THC tetrahydrocannabinol
THCA tetrahydrocannabinolic acid
THC-P tetrahydrocannabiphorol
UAE United Arab Emirates
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
US DEA United States Drug Enforcement Administration
WCO World Customs Organization
WHO World Health Organization
WWTP wastewater treatment plant
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