Secti<strong>on</strong> IV. Across <str<strong>on</strong>g>CEWG</str<strong>on</strong>g> Areas: Treatment Admissi<strong>on</strong>s, Forensic Laboratory Analysis Data, and Average <strong>Drug</strong> Price and Purity Data St. Paul over the CY 2007 NFLIS rankings, in which cannabis occupied sixth and third place, respectively, in terms of frequency of drug items identified in these areas. Table 11. Primary Marijuana Treatment Admissi<strong>on</strong>s in 21 <str<strong>on</strong>g>CEWG</str<strong>on</strong>g> Areas as a Percentage of Total Admissi<strong>on</strong>s, Including and Excluding Primary Alcohol Admissi<strong>on</strong>s: FY 2008 1 and 1H 2008 2 <str<strong>on</strong>g>CEWG</str<strong>on</strong>g> Areas FY 2008 Primary Marijuana Admissi<strong>on</strong>s Total Admissi<strong>on</strong>s with Primary Alcohol Admissi<strong>on</strong>s Excluded 3 Total Admissi<strong>on</strong>s with Primary Alcohol Admissi<strong>on</strong>s Included # # % # % Miami/Dade 1,484 4,068 36.5 5,5<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g> 26.9 County 4 San Francisco 3,106 21,324 14.6 29,462 10.5 1H 2008 Atlanta 935 2,789 33.5 4,242 22.0 Baltimore City 1,054 8,267 12.7 9,729 10.8 Bost<strong>on</strong> 268 5,780 4.6 8,722 3.1 Cincinnati 984 2,042 48.2 3,260 30.2 Colorado 3,041 8,286 36.7 13,953 21.8 Denver 1,482 3,860 38.4 6,<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g>4 24.3 Detroit 708 2,965 23.9 4,<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g>5 17.3 Hawai‘i 918 2,814 32.6 4,431 20.7 Los Angeles 5,328 22,260 23.9 27,944 19.1 Maine 731 3,623 20.2 6,444 11.3 Maryland 5,678 22,510 25.2 34,379 16.5 Minneapolis/ 1,664 4,713 35.3 9,846 16.9 St. Paul New York City 9,799 30,362 32.3 42,402 23.1 Philadelphia 1,757 5,785 30.4 7,422 23.7 Phoenix 3<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1,352 22.8 2,028 15.2 San Diego 1,396 6,160 22.7 7,616 18.3 Seattle 1,160 4,522 25.7 7,067 16.4 St. Louis 1,434 4,129 34.7 6,248 23.0 Texas 10,376 33,212 31.2 44,983 23.1 1 Data are for fiscal year 2008: July 2007–June 2008. 2 Data are for the first half of 2008: <str<strong>on</strong>g>January</str<strong>on</strong>g>–June 2008. 3 Percentages of primary marijuana admissi<strong>on</strong>s are obtained from admissi<strong>on</strong>s with primary alcohol admissi<strong>on</strong>s excluded for comparability with past data. 4 Miami/Dade County data include data for Miami/Dade County and M<strong>on</strong>roe County (Florida Keys). SOURCE: <str<strong>on</strong>g>January</str<strong>on</strong>g> 20<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g> State and local <str<strong>on</strong>g>CEWG</str<strong>on</strong>g> reports Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, <str<strong>on</strong>g>January</str<strong>on</strong>g> 20<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g> 93
EpidEmiologic TrEnds in drug AbusE: HigHligHTs And ExEcuTivE summAry Figure 19. Marijuana Items Identified as a Percentage of Total NFLIS <strong>Drug</strong> Items, 22 <str<strong>on</strong>g>CEWG</str<strong>on</strong>g> Areas: 1H 2008 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Chicago San Diego St. Louis Detroit Cincinnati Bost<strong>on</strong> Phoenix Maryland Philadelphia Baltimore City Los Angeles Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC Texas Denver San Francisco Seattle Minneapolis/St. Paul New York City H<strong>on</strong>olulu Albuquerque Miami Atlanta 1.5 18.0 46.0 44.7 43.4 40.3 37.9 35.0 34.7 33.7 32.5 30.5 29.8 28.8 28.5 26.9 25.9 24.9 24.3 50.6 49.9 55.9 SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, received <str<strong>on</strong>g>January</str<strong>on</strong>g> 4, 20<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g>; see appendix table 2 94 Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, <str<strong>on</strong>g>January</str<strong>on</strong>g> 20<str<strong>on</strong>g>09</str<strong>on</strong>g>