The Price of Illicit Drugs: 1981 through the - The White House
The Price of Illicit Drugs: 1981 through the - The White House
The Price of Illicit Drugs: 1981 through the - The White House
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Table 1: Estimated Quarterly <strong>Price</strong> per Pure Gram and Purity <strong>of</strong> Cocaine at Four Purchase Levels,<br />
Calendar year quarters for <strong>1981</strong>-2000<br />
Period <strong>Price</strong> (2000$/pure gram) Purity (%) Number <strong>of</strong> Cases<br />
Level* => 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4<br />
1q81 445.44 304.52 213.76 32 44 59 74 167 82 2<br />
2q81 421.90 284.11 198.56 33 43 61 86 111 75 1<br />
3q81 397.02 264.02 200.70 44 44 61 58 119 64 0<br />
4q81 427.98 255.48 191.20 35 46 60 63 76 39 0<br />
1q82 464.15 270.79 191.88 32 43 59 123 165 88 2<br />
2q82 444.98 267.11 182.56 176.38 34 47 61 69 80 157 55 4<br />
3q82 408.78 256.91 182.27 137.28 37 45 63 75 125 208 75 3<br />
4q82 415.24 264.11 181.08 40 49 61 116 134 75 0<br />
1q83 417.02 256.45 185.70 132.26 35 49 68 81 146 185 113 5<br />
2q83 418.64 258.32 184.38 121.15 44 49 67 81 91 216 122 13<br />
3q83 377.99 244.76 176.52 113.62 37 49 70 83 93 154 147 19<br />
4q83 381.59 231.03 165.92 114.21 42 55 71 90 150 222 198 22<br />
1q84 368.92 226.31 160.05 75.79 45 55 75 87 180 209 212 17<br />
2q84 386.19 226.96 152.38 99.93 43 58 72 84 137 202 236 19<br />
3q84 374.32 217.78 152.59 106.10 44 53 68 86 135 198 232 15<br />
4q84 381.86 217.95 148.17 111.15 42 52 69 88 151 239 249 16<br />
1q85 373.80 214.13 150.85 101.49 40 54 68 83 201 306 246 20<br />
2q85 334.61 223.67 147.14 96.36 37 50 64 78 251 301 295 21<br />
3q85 300.67 211.96 143.17 85.78 40 51 67 83 258 314 364 29<br />
4q85 303.04 215.13 137.61 89.13 41 55 71 85 219 248 379 34<br />
1q86 312.47 191.95 132.29 78.62 49 59 75 89 200 262 426 36<br />
2q86 318.63 194.51 131.19 76.05 54 64 76 85 234 309 392 32<br />
3q86 312.43 197.60 124.00 69.72 50 64 78 88 231 253 359 28<br />
4q86 314.55 185.50 121.09 66.94 53 68 79 90 178 200 390 35<br />
1q87 323.10 183.22 113.87 63.18 55 68 81 88 182 153 364 44<br />
2q87 297.67 170.08 107.92 57.60 55 70 79 81 189 225 533 73<br />
3q87 290.15 172.89 101.14 52.77 72 73 81 87 217 286 567 75<br />
4q87 258.57 161.90 93.51 44.52 76 73 83 87 235 207 497 72<br />
1q88 248.69 145.23 85.39 40.02 74 74 83 86 243 231 502 68<br />
2q88 222.26 148.20 82.15 45.46 68 69 81 86 328 222 476 82<br />
3q88 248.79 137.22 77.38 46.44 77 73 80 89 348 260 538 136<br />
4q88 230.59 137.38 74.71 45.43 82 76 82 89 338 228 488 116<br />
*Street Purchasers:<br />
1: Small User (less than 1 pure gram)<br />
2: Large User (1 to 10 pure grams)<br />
3: Mid-level Distributor (10 to 100 pure grams)<br />
4: Wholesale Distributor (100 pure grams or more)<br />
Source: System To Retrieve Information on Drug Evidence (STRIDE)<br />
Prepared by: Abt Associates, Inc. 3/2/01<br />
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