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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—Greater Boston<br />

Exhibit 1. Estimated Emergency Department Mentions for Selected Drugs as a Percentage of<br />

Total Drug Episodes 1 : 1995–2002<br />

Drug<br />

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002<br />

No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)<br />

Alcohol-in-comb. 6,297 (39) 5,351 (40) 4,890 (40) 5,130 (38) 4,438 (38) 4,975 (33) 5,818 (35) 5,916 (33)<br />

Cocaine/<br />

Crack<br />

5,267 (33) 4,106 (30) 3,332 (27) 4,526 (33) 3,560 (31) 4,099 (28) 4,933 (29) 5,611 (31)<br />

Marijuana/<br />

Hashish<br />

2,401 (15) 2,127 (16) 1,768 (15) 2,907 (21) 1,960 (17) 2,945 (20) 3,423 (20) 4,273 (24)<br />

Heroin/<br />

Morphine<br />

2,956 (18) 2,729 (20) 2,500 (21) 2,738 (20) 2,861 (25) 3,867 (26) 4,358 (26) 3,999 (22)<br />

Oxycodone/<br />

comb.<br />

276 (2) 241 (2) 231 (2) 247 (2) 294 (3) 598 (4) 948 (6) 1,239 (7)<br />

Hydrocodone/<br />

comb.<br />

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