Office of National Drug Control Policy -- 2003 National Drug Control Strategy

Table 26. Trends in Drug-Related Emergency Room Episodes and Selected Drug Mentions, 1988–2001

	Emergency room episodes and drug mentions
Year	Total drug episodes	Total drug mentions	Total cocaine mentions	Total heroin mentions	Total marijuana mentions
1988	403,578	668,153	101,578	38,063	19,962
1989	425,904	713,392	110,013	41,656	20,703
1990	371,208	635,460	80,355	33,884	15,706
1991	393,968	674,861	101,189	35,898	16,251
1992	433,493	751,731	119,843	48,003	23,997
1993	460,910	796,762	123,423	63,232	28,873
1994*	518,880	899,600	143,337	63,158	40,034
1995*	513,519	900,287	135,711	69,556	45,259
1996*	513,993	906,366	152,420	72,980	53,770
1997*	526,818	942,382	161,083	70,712	64,720
1998*	542,432	981,764	172,011	75,688	76,842
1999*	554,767	1,014,243	168,751	82,192	87,068
2000*	601,563	1,099,306	174,881	94,804	96,426
2001	638,484	1,165,367	193,034	93,064	110,512
In 2001, SAMHSA published recalculated trend data from 1994. Caution must be used in comparing trend data from 1993 and earlier to 1994 and later. Source: Drug Abuse Warning Network*, National Institute on Drug Abuse (1988–1991)and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (1992–2001).