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Pulse Check Trends in Drug Abuse November 2001

Exhibit 5. How available is diverted OxyContin ® in 17 Pulse Check cities, and how has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)?*

City Law Enforcement sources Epidemiologic and ethnographic sources
No response Not Available Not very available Somewhat availabe Widely available Change No response Not Available Not very available Somewhat availabe Widely available Change
Northeast Boston, MA         Check Up arrow     Check     Double arrow
New York, NY     Check     Double arrow Check         NR
Philadelphia, PA         Check Up arrow       Check   NR
Portland, ME         Check Up arrow       Check  
South Baltimore, MD Check         NR     Check     Double arrow
Birmingham, AL       Check   Up arrow     Check     Up arrow
Memphis, TN Check         NR     Check     NR
Miami, FL       Check   Up arrow         Check Up arrow
New Orleans, LA         Check Up arrow Check         NR
Washington, DC       Check   Up arrow       Check   Up arrow
Midwest Chicago, IL       Check   Up arrow     Check     NR
Detroit, MI       Check   Double arrow       Check   Double arrow
Sioux Falls, SD     Check     Up arrow Check         NR
St. Louis, MO Check         NR     Check     Up arrow
West Billings, MT         Check Up arrow Check         NR
Honolulu, HI         Check Up arrow         Check Up arrow
Seattle, WA       Check   Up arrow Check         NR

*Sources did not provided information in Columbia (SC), Denver, El Paso, and Los Angeles.