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Table 1 Seizures in the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia per year and by detected substance

From: Seizures of illicit substances for personal use in two Italian provinces: analysis of trends by type and purity from 2008 to 2017

 

Cannabis

 

Year

Samples

Resin

Herb

Total

Cocaine

Heroin

Other drugs

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

2008

252 (100)a

137 (54.4)

16 (6.3)

153 (60.7)

62 (24.6)

36 (14.3)

1 (0.4)

2009

368 (100)b

171 (46.5)

38 (10.3)

209 (56.8)

80 (21.7)

77 (20.9)

2 (0.5)

2010

351 (100)c

145 (41.3)

66 (18.8)

211 (60.1)

65 (18.5)

62 (17.7)

13 (3.7)

2011

322 (100)c

137 (42.6)

60 (18.6)

197 (61.2)

60 (18.6)

55 (17.1)

10 (3.1)

2012

354 (100)c

171 (48.3)

87 (24.6)

258 (72.9)

57 (16.1)

33 (9.3)

6 (1.7)

2013

512 (100)d

192 (37.5)

225 (43.9)

417 (81.4)

59 (11.5)

34 (6.6)

2 (0.4)

2014

575 (100)e

144 (25.0)

252 (43.8)

396 (68.9)

87 (15.1)

79 (13.7)

13 (2.3)

2015

532 (100)f

242 (45.5)

142 (26.7)

384 (72.2)

89 (16.7)

49 (9.2)

10 (1.9)

2016

495 (100)g

232 (46.9)

165 (33.3)

397 (80.2)

54 (10.9)

37 (7.5)

7 (1.4)

2017

439 (100)h

136 (31.0)

212 (48.3)

348 (80.0)

63 (14.5)

20 (4.6)

8 (0.9)

Total

4200 (100)

1707 (40.6)

1263 (30.1)

2970 (70.7)

676 (16.1)

482 (11.5)

72 (1.7)

  1. Number of seizures in
  2. a 2008; lower than all other years (P < 0.0001);
  3. b 2009; lower than years 2013–2017 (P < 0.05);
  4. c 2010, 2011 and 2012; lower than years 2013–2017 (P < 0.005);
  5. d 2013; higher than all previous years and 2017 (P < 0.01), lower than 2014 (P < 0.05);
  6. e 2014; higher than all other years (P < 0.05), except vs 2015;
  7. f 2015; higher than 2008–2012 (P < 0.0001) and 2017 (P < 0.005);
  8. g 2016; higher than 2008–2012 (P < 0.0001) and 2017 (P < 0.05), lower than 2014 (P < 0.01);
  9. h 2017; higher than 2008–2012 (P < 0.05); Fisher’s exact test