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Table 71. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Marijuana/Hashish Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993�2000
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Metro area
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1993
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1994
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1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Total
U.S.
|
28,873
|
40,183
|
45,271
|
53,789
|
64,744
|
76,870
|
87,150
|
96,446
|
|
Atlanta
|
849
|
1,527
|
1,671
|
1,547
|
1,578
|
2,633
|
2,515
|
2,431
|
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Baltimore
|
625
|
770
|
945
|
1,194
|
1,402
|
1,495
|
1,679
|
1,620
|
|
Boston
|
1,185
|
1,870
|
2,400
|
2,127
|
1,768
|
2,907
|
1,961
|
2,945
|
|
Buffalo
|
138
|
230
|
295
|
512
|
472
|
453
|
493
|
553
|
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Chicago
|
1,366
|
2,219
|
2,919
|
3,533
|
4,424
|
5,002
|
4,561
|
5,401
|
|
Dallas
|
367
|
477
|
555
|
556
|
916
|
1,513
|
1,176
|
1,226
|
|
Denver
|
202
|
406
|
497
|
288
|
505
|
579
|
681
|
818
|
|
Detroit
|
2,716
|
2,849
|
3,875
|
4,215
|
3,746
|
4,335
|
4,100
|
4,344
|
|
LA-Long
Beach
|
1,745
|
1,658
|
1,706
|
2,132
|
2,084
|
3,423
|
5,473
|
5,846
|
|
Miami-Hialeah
|
472
|
711
|
969
|
1,015
|
1,030
|
1,118
|
1,285
|
1,770
|
|
Minn.-St.
Paul
|
391
|
482
|
469
|
544
|
604
|
491
|
627
|
803
|
|
New
Orleans
|
610
|
885
|
1,025
|
1,247
|
1,345
|
1,196
|
1,044
|
1,068
|
|
New
York
|
2,092
|
2,589
|
2,976
|
3,571
|
3,842
|
3,684
|
3,491
|
3,544
|
|
Newark
|
436
|
628
|
743
|
627
|
500
|
532
|
533
|
541
|
|
Philadelphia
|
1,955
|
2,085
|
3,061
|
3,436
|
4,556
|
5,310
|
5,465
|
4,936
|
|
Phoenix
|
226
|
453
|
474
|
610
|
741
|
726
|
1,028
|
1,073
|
|
St.
Louis
|
155
|
901
|
861
|
925
|
1,109
|
1,338
|
1,640
|
1,763
|
|
San
Diego
|
479
|
513
|
480
|
626
|
970
|
1,127
|
923
|
955
|
|
San
Francisco
|
451
|
479
|
507
|
425
|
390
|
394
|
470
|
627
|
|
Seattle
|
406
|
870
|
993
|
897
|
1,663
|
936
|
808
|
1,414
|
|
Washington,
DC
|
2,102
|
2,712
|
2,035
|
2,167
|
2,394
|
2,362
|
2,518
|
2,511
|
|
National
panel
|
9,905
|
14,868
|
15,814
|
21,596
|
28,075
|
35,316
|
44,679
|
50,255
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Note: These estimates are based on a representative sample of non-Federal short-stay hospitals with 24-hour emergency departments in the coterminous United States.
Source: Office of Applied Studies, Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2000 (March 2001 update).
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