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Table 71. Estimated Number of Emergency Department Marijuana/Hashish Mentions, by Metropolitan Area, 1993–2000

Metro area	1993	1994	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
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
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

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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