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Pulse Check Trends in Drug Abuse November 2001

Exhibit 8. Where is diverted OxyContin ® sold and abused across 17 Pulse Check cities?*
City Street Private Residences Public Housing Inside Cars Crack Houses Private Parties Methadone Clinics Nightclubs/ Bars Around Supermarkets College Campus Playgrounds/ Parks Concerts/ Raves Shopping Malls Total # of Settings
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Northeast Boston, MA Check Check Check   Check   Check   Check   Check Check Check   Check Check Check   Check   Check   Check Check
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Philadelphia, PA Check Check   Check   Check   Check   Check   Check Check     Check           Check         2 7
Portland, ME     Check Check Check Check Check                                       3 2
South Baltimore, MD Check Check Check Check Check     Check Check Check     Check                           5 4
Birmingham, AL     Check Check               Check                             1 2
Columbia, SC       Check                                             NR 1
Memphis, TN       Check                               Check             NR 2
Miami, FL       Check           Check                           Check     NR 3
New Orleans, LA Check   Check   Check   Check       Check   Check   Check   Check       Check   Check  
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   11 NR
Washington, DC Check Check Check Check   Check   Check Check Check     Check                           4 5
Midwest Detroit, MI       Check                                             NR 1
St. Louis, MO       Check   Check   Check       Check       Check       Check       Check     NR 7
West Billings, MT   Check   Check   Check Check Check       Check       Check Check Check   Check   Check      
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 2 10
Denver, CO       Check                                             NR 1
Honolulu, HI Check   Check   Check               Check                           4 NR
Seattle, WA   Check   Check   Check   Check                           Check         NR 5

Sources: Law enforcement, epidemiologic, ethnographic, and methadone and non-methadone treatment respondents
*For sales settings seven law enforcement sources responded (in Billings, Birmingham, Boston, Honolulu, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland [ME], and Washington, DC) and three epidemiologic and ethnographic sources responded (in Baltimore, Boston, Portland [ME], and Washington, DC). For users settings, nine epidemiologic and ethnographic sources responded (in Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis, Miami, Philadelphia, Portland [ME], St. Louis, and Washington, DC), seven methadone treatment sources responded (in Boston, Columbia [SE], Denver, Portland [ME], St. Louis, Seattle and Washington, DC), and eight non-methadone treatment sources responded (in Billings, Birmingham, Baltimore, El Paso, Miami, Philadelphia, Portland [ME] and St. Louis).