The Price of Illicit Drugs: 1981 through the - The White House

Table 2: Estimated Quarterly Price per Pure Gram and Purity of Heroin at Four Purchase Levels,
Calendar year quarters for 1981-2000 (continued)
Period Price (2000$/pure gram) Purity (%) Number of Cases
Level* => 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1q97 2,258.45 547.79 325.56 173.98 23 47 43 59 102 233 79 69
2q97 2,580.95 520.54 327.86 169.15 25 44 47 60 87 215 95 82
3q97 2,533.12 519.12 363.98 173.88 23 50 45 58 67 220 90 88
4q97 2,117.80 771.16 327.39 168.52 43 54 44 59 14 44 80 66
1q98 2,239.23 459.53 338.91 158.40 23 45 50 61 81 321 112 92
2q98 2,011.01 432.03 326.42 140.28 27 47 49 58 55 223 151 129
3q98 2,320.66 430.70 329.78 142.54 24 43 45 55 54 172 116 88
4q98 1,777.00 434.78 330.73 151.28 27 46 51 60 65 211 80 81
1q99 1,963.31 474.10 331.74 159.31 28 45 48 61 102 239 131 99
2q99 2,035.82 489.09 305.55 135.85 27 43 39 56 86 252 166 72
3q99 1,813.67 427.92 308.04 136.68 25 43 47 60 98 242 136 103
4q99 1,904.30 412.77 272.56 131.51 26 43 46 64 64 185 83 71
1q00 2,061.23 435.14 254.84 105.14 28 45 51 58 69 242 117 74
2q00 2,114.49 411.02 282.83 119.16 22 45 43 60 45 224 121 107
*Street Purchasers:
1: Small User (less than 0.1 pure gram)
2: Large User (0.1 to 1 pure grams)
3: Mid-level Distributor (1 to 10 pure grams)
4: Wholesale Distributor (10 pure grams or more)
Source: System To Retrieve Information on Drug Evidence (STRIDE)
Prepared by: Abt Associates, Inc. 3/2/01
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