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Colorado
Honolulu
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Phoenix-
San Dleoo
San Frl!l'lcfsco
Seattle
• Department of ComJctions datil
• Follows marijuana
b Follows heroin
C Follows methamphetamine and heroin
AdmInlons (%)
31
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17
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13
42
Rank (If ~o J
2" 1/91 -6/91
2" 1/91-6/91
2b 1/91-3/91
1 7/91-9/91
3° 1/91-6/91
2" 1990
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Smoking was reported as the usual route of ingestion by 79 percent of San Diego cocaine
admissions. In Colorado, the proportion of cocaine smokers has increased substantially since
1985 (to 45.6 percent in 1991); concomitantly, inhalati~n, and injection use have declined. The
injection route of administration is up in Hawaii, from 16 percent of cocaine users in 1990 to
35 percent in 1991.
Among Colorado cocaine treatment clients, the proportion of new users (those admitted within
3 years of first use) continues to decfu'i$~ the average age has been increasing steadily for 7 years
(to 30.5); the proportion of females has been stable (at about one-third of the cocai!te treatment
population); and the proportion of minorities has been in~g since 1984 (to 30.5 and 16.5
percent for African-Americans and Hispanics, respectively). In San Diego, African-Americans
continue to be overrepresented in this population (67 percent of admissions).
The number of cocaine-exposed babies born in San Francisco has declined from 1990 to 1991.
San Francisco CCY'..aine-trafficking arrests appear up, possibly due to increased efforts. Among
adult Hawaiian parolees, drug testing has indi~ increased cocaine use. Following a brief
downturn in Los Angeles, positive DUF CO