CEWG January 09 Full Report - National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Section IV. Across <strong>CEWG</strong> Areas: Treatment Admissions, Forensic Laboratory Analysis Data, and Average Drug Price and Purity Data Figure 18. Methamphetamine Items Identified as a Percentage of Total NFLIS Drug Items, 22 <strong>CEWG</strong> Areas: 1H 2008 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Honolulu Minneapolis/St. Paul Phoenix San Diego Albuquerque Atlanta Los Angeles San Francisco Denver Texas Seattle St. Louis Washington, DC Detroit Chicago New York City Miami Cincinnati Boston Philadelphia Maryland Baltimore City 4.2 2.5 1.8 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 22.6 20.4 20.3 17.5 17.1 15.7 13.6 12.5 11.9 26.9 42.5 SOURCE: NFLIS, DEA, received <strong>January</strong> 4, 20<strong>09</strong>; see appendix table 2 Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, <strong>January</strong> 20<strong>09</strong> 91
EpidEmiologic TrEnds in drug AbusE: HigHligHTs And ExEcuTivE summAry Marijuana/Cannabis • Percentages of primary marijuana treatment admissions, including primary alcohol admissions, were highest in the first half of 2008 in Cincinnati (30.2 percent), followed by Miami/Dade County (26.9 percent), and Denver (24.3 percent). The lowest proportions of such admissions were in Boston (3.1 percent) (table 11; appendix table 1). • Marijuana did not rank first as the primary drug problem in total drug admissions (including alcohol admissions) in any <strong>CEWG</strong> area; however, marijuana ranked second in 8 of 21 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas, covering all four regions (section II, table 2). • Cannabis/marijuana ranked first in frequency in the proportion of drug items identified in forensic laboratories in the first half of 2008 in 8 of 22 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas. These areas are Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Phoenix, San Diego, and Maryland (table 1). The highest proportions of marijuana items identified were in Chicago, San Diego, and St. Louis, at approximately 56, 51, and 50 percent, respectively (figure 19; appendix table 2). Treatment Admission Data on Marijuana In the first half of 2008 reporting period, marijuana/cannabis did not rank as the most frequently reported drug by primary treatment admissions in any <strong>CEWG</strong> area, when primary alcohol admissions were included in the total (section II, table 2). However, marijuana ranked second among primary drugs of admission in Miami/Dade County, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Louis, Denver, and the States of Colorado and Texas (section II, table 2). As shown in table 11, Cincinnati had the highest percentage of primary marijuana treatment admissions, including primary alcohol admissions, at 30.2 percent. In all, three other <strong>CEWG</strong> areas, besides Cincinnati, had percentages of marijuana treatment admissions close to one-quarter: Miami/Dade County (26.9 percent), Denver (24.3 percent), and Philadelphia (23.7 percent). The lowest proportions of marijuana treatment admissions was reported in Boston, at 3.1 percent. Forensic Laboratory Data on Marijuana Chicago had the highest percentage of marijuana identified by NFLIS laboratories in the first half of 2008 (55.9 percent), followed by San Diego (50.6 percent) (figure 19 and appendix table 2). The proportions of cannabis drug items identified in the other 20 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas were highest in St. Louis (49.9 percent), Detroit (46.0 percent), Cincinnati (44.7 percent), Boston (43.4 percent), and Phoenix (40.3 percent). The remaining <strong>CEWG</strong> sites had percentages ranging from 1.5 percent (Atlanta) 8 to 37.9 percent (Maryland) for cannabis drug items identified (figure 19). Cannabis ranked in either first or second place among drug items most frequently identified in all <strong>CEWG</strong> areas, with the exception of Atlanta, in the first half of 2008. Cannabis ranked in first place among identified drugs in 8 of 22 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas in the period: Maryland, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Diego, and Phoenix. It was the second most frequently identified drug item in the first half of 2008 NFLIS data in another 13 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas (section II, table 1). This represents a change for Atlanta and Minneapolis/ 8 In 2004, Georgia initiated a statewide administrative policy that when cannabis is seized by law enforcement offcers, laboratory testing is not required. This results in artificially low numbers of such drug items identified in this <strong>CEWG</strong> area relative to other <strong>CEWG</strong> areas. 92 Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, <strong>January</strong> 20<strong>09</strong>
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