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May 2006
 Opiate-Related Drug Misuse Deaths in Six States:
2003
The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) monitors drug misuse deaths.
Six states: Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah, and
Vermont participated in the DAWN drug misuse monitoring effort.
According to reports from these states submitted by medical
examiners, in 2003, in five of the six states, methadone-related
opiate misuse deaths outnumbered those implicating oxycodone or
hydrocodone, the exception was
Vermont which reported a higher rate of deaths involving oxycodone. Nearly half (46%) of Maine's and more than one third of
opiate-related misuse deaths in New Hampshire and Utah (37% and 34%,
respectively) involved methadone. In comparison, methadone was
implicated in only 17%of the opiate-related misuse deaths in New
Mexico
The date implicates oxycodone in 30% of the opiate-related misuse deaths in
Vermont, and in 14% in Maryland and in only 13% in New
Mexico. The involvement
of hydrocodone ranged from three percent in Maryland to 17% in
Utah.
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