CEWG January 09 Full Report - National Institute on Drug Abuse

EpidEmiologic TrEnds in drug AbusE: HigHligHTs And ExEcuTivE summAry
Appendix 2.15. Top 10 Most Frequently Identified Appendix 2.16. Top 10 Most Frequently Identified
Drugs of Total Analyzed Drug Items, Philadelphia: Drugs of Total Analyzed Drug Items, Phoenix:
1H 2008 1 1H 2008 1
Drug Number Percent
Drug Number Percent
Cocaine 6,387 39.8
Cannabis 1,359 40.3
Cannabis 5,619 35.0
Methamphetamine 763 22.6
Heroin 1,710 10.6
Cocaine 691 20.5
Oxycodone 484 3.0
Heroin 216 6.4
Alprazolam 464 2.9
Hydrocodone 40 1.2
Phencyclidine 428 2.7
Oxycodone 37 1.1
Codeine 130 0.8
3,4-Methylenedioxy-
36 1.1
Hydrocodone 104 0.6
methamphetamine
Clonazepam 75 0.5
Morphine 24 0.7
Methadone 50 0.3
Alprazolam 16 0.5
Other 606 3.8
Carisoprodol 16 0.5
Total 16,057 100.0
Other 174 5.2
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<strong>January</strong> 2008–June 2008.
NOTES:
1. Data are for Philadelphia County.
Total
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<strong>January</strong> 2008–June 2008.
NOTES:
3,372 100.0
2. “Noncontrolled Nonnarcotic Drug” represents 119 cases and is
included as “Other.”
3. “No Controlled Drug Identified” represents 247 cases and is
included as “Other.”
4. Percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, <strong>January</strong> 4, 20<strong>09</strong>; data are subject to change
1. Data are for Maricopa County.
2. “Noncontrolled Nonnarcotic Drug” represents nine cases and is
included as “Other.”
3. “Negative Results - Tested for Specific Drugs” represents 28 cases
and is included as “Other.”
4. Percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, <strong>January</strong> 4, 20<strong>09</strong>; data are subject to change
Appendix 2.17. Top 10 Most Frequently Identified
Drugs of Total Analyzed Drug Items, San Diego:
1H 2008 1
Drug Number Percent
Cannabis 5,179 50.6
Methamphetamine 2,085 20.4
Cocaine 1,411 13.8
Heroin 350 3.4
3,4-Methylenedioxy-
207 2.0
methamphetamine
Hydrocodone 179 1.7
Oxycodone 83 0.8
Alprazolam 81 0.8
Diazepam 49 0.5
Amphetamine 45 0.4
Other 565 5.5
Total 10,234 100.0
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<strong>January</strong> 2008–June 2008.
NOTES:
1. Data are for San Diego County.
2. “Plant Material, Other” represents 110 cases and is included as
“Other.”
3. Percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, <strong>January</strong> 4, 20<strong>09</strong>; data are subject to change
Appendix Table 2.18. Top 10 Most Frequently
Identified Drugs of Total Analyzed Drug Items,
San Francisco: 1H 2008 1
Drug Number Percent
Cocaine 3,602 30.2
Cannabis 3,438 28.8
Methamphetamine 1,876 15.7
Heroin 646 5.4
3,4-Methylenedioxy-
455 3.8
methamphetamine
Oxycodone 273 2.3
Hydrocodone 240 2.0
Morphine 94 0.8
Methadone 93 0.8
Diazepam 70 0.6
Other 1,138 9.5
Total 11,925 100.0
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<strong>January</strong> 2008–June 2008.
NOTES:
1. Data are for the San Francisco/Fremont MSA, including Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.
2. “Negative Results - Tested for Specific Drugs” represents 650
cases and is included as “Other.”
3. 57.3 percent of items were seized in San Francisco County, 24.5
percent in Contra Costa, 14.8 percent in San Mateo, 2.5 percent in
Marin and 0.8 percent in Alameda.
4. Percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.
SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, <strong>January</strong> 4, 20<strong>09</strong>; data are subject to change
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