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Table 1. Number of new psychoactive substances reported for the first time to the EU Early Warning System, by category, 2005–2022
Year Cathinones Cannabinoids Opioids Benzodiazepines Aminoindanes Arylalkylamines Arylcyclohexylamines Other substances Phenethylamines Piperazines Piperidines & pyrrolidines Tryptamines Plants and extracts
2005 1         1     3 2   6  
2006         1 1     2 3      
2007       1   2     3 2 1 2 3
2008 6 1           1 1     1 3
2009 4 6 1         2 5   1 2  
2010 14 11     1 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1
2011 7 23   1 1 5 1 4 4   2    
2012 4 31 3 1   5 3 8 14 1   4  
2013 8 29 4 2 1 6 1 13 14 1 1 1  
2014 31 30 4 4   4   14 9     5  
2015 26 24 4 5   4 2 12 9 3 6 3  
2016 14 11 9 6   3 6 10 5   1 1  
2017 12 10 13 3   1 1 4 4   1 2  
2018 8 11 11 5   1 1 9 5     4  
2019 10 8 8 2   1   13 3 2 1 5  
2020 8 11 10   1 4 3 4       5  
2021 6 15 6 3     5 9 4     4  
2022 5 24 1 2   1 2 3 1 1   1  

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Table 2. Number of new psychoactive substances reported each year following their first detection in the European Union, by category, 2005–2021
Year Cathinones Cannabinoids Tryptamines Benzodiazepines Aminoindanes Arylalkylamines Arylcyclohexylamines Opioids Other substances Phenethylamines Piperazine derivates Piperidines and Pyrrolidines Plants and extracts
2005 1 0 13 1 0 1 1   4 8 3   1
2006   0 8 1 1 3 2   3 10 4    
2007 2 0 16 1 1 2 1   4 12 8 1 4
2008 7 2 9 1 0 2 2   6 11 6 1 5
2009 10 6 11 1 2 2 2 1 8 16 6 2 6
2010 22 16 15 1 1 3 3 1 5 21 9 2 6
2011 30 41 16 1 3 6 4 1 10 31 7 3 7
2012 37 55 20 3 3 14 7 5 15 34 7 4 7
2013 45 63 17 5 4 18 7 7 27 47 8 5 7
2014 70 86 19 10 4 19 7 9 37 49 9 4 5
2015 88 92 22 12 4 20 8 12 41 50 10 9 8
2016 95 89 20 19 4 22 12 17 41 45 9 11 7
2017 93 84 29 26 4 19 13 30 41 47 6 13 7
2018 93 90 28 22 3 18 10 29 47 43 8 10 6
2019 90 81 26 18 4 16 12 27 62 47 8 10 6
2020 77 77 23 19 2 13 17 29 47 36 4 11 6
2021 78 98 25 18 3 16 19 28 55 39 6 8 6

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Table 3. Seizures of new psychoactive substances in the European Union: total number of material seized, 2005–2021
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Number of seizures 929 1301 1857 3264 5996 6475 7891 11410 25208 24154 34190 46012 37581 33618 22444 21238 29373

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Table 3b. Seizures of new psychoactive substances in the European Union: total number and total quantity of material seized, 2005–2021
Year Number of seizures Quantity material (kg)
2005 929 1.896
2006 1301 22.601
2007 1857 65.771
2008 3264 62.241
2009 5996 944.083
2010 6475 1110.328
2011 7891 676.245
2012 11410 1805.11
2013 25208 1940.076
2014 24154 2925.087
2015 34190 4599.363
2016 46012 3175.676
2017 37581 3018.482
2018 33618 4118.687
2019 22444 2042.918
2020 21238 5133.956
2021 29373 8526.115

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Table 4. Number of opioids reported for the first time to the EU Early Warning System, 2009–2022
Year Other opioids Fentanyl derivatives Benzimidazoles
2009 1 0 0
2010 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0
2012 1 2 0
2013 2 2 0
2014 1 3 0
2015 1 3 0
2016 1 8 0
2017 3 10 0
2018 5 6 0
2019 5 2 1
2020 4 1 5
2021 3 0 3
2022 0 0 1

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Table 5. Seizures of new psychoactive substances in the European Union: quantity seized, by substance, 2021
Substance Qunaity seized (kg) %
3-CMC 2877 34
GBL 2064 24
Ketamine 866 10
3-MMC 654 8
4-CMC 474 6
Pregabalin 235 3
N-ethylhexedrone 202 2
MDPHP 149 2
ADB-BUTINACA 122 1
MDMB-4en-PINACA 121 1
Other substances 763 9
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