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Exhibit 1. Where is OxyContin® diversion and abuse emerging across the 20 Pulse Check cities?
A map of the United States showing in what sites OxyContin is emerging.
The following sites reported that OxyContin was emerging in spring 2002: Seattle (L,E,N,M), Honolulu (L,E,M), Billings (N), Denver (M), El Paso (M), New Orleans (L,E), St. Louis (N), Memphis (L), Columbia, SC (E,N), Baltimore (L), Washington, DC (E), Philadelphia (E,N,M), New York City (M), and Boston (L,E,N,M).
OxyContin is not reported as emerging in Los Angeles, Sioux Falls, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, and Portland, ME.
Sources: Law enforcement (L), epidemiologic/ethnographic (E), non-methadone treatment (N), and methadone treatment (M) respondents.