Analysis of Two Year Heroin Seizures in the Liege Area

peer reviewedThe results of heroin analysis from seizures in the Liege area during the last two years are presented in this article. Between January 2003 and January 2005, 50 samples were analysed in the Laboratory of Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Toxicology of the University of Liege. Mean heroin concentration was 14,7%. Noscapine and papaverine, other opium alcaloids, were simultaneously present with heroin. As diluents, we only identified caffein and acetaminophen