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

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Table 3: Estimated Quarterly <strong>Price</strong> per Pure Gram and Purity <strong>of</strong> Methamphetamine at Three<br />

Purchase Levels, Calendar year quarters for <strong>1981</strong>-2000 (continued)<br />

Period <strong>Price</strong> (2000$/pure gram) Purity (%) Number <strong>of</strong> Cases<br />

Level* => 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3<br />

1q89 234.45 88.83 38 62 62 28 2<br />

2q89 212.23 101.72 42.56 44 71 63 38 18 3<br />

3q89 243.53 97.93 38 68 38 15 0<br />

4q89 229.94 104.86 30.60 31 52 93 48 10 3<br />

1q90 235.18 119.79 26 50 58 8 2<br />

2q90 250.79 122.58 18 28 57 12 1<br />

3q90 254.35 114.77 27 39 46 12 1<br />

4q90 264.23 104.51 50.61 22 40 56 32 10 4<br />

1q91 241.97 93.92 39.84 20 47 41 51 11 6<br />

2q91 234.79 232.92 34.53 16 50 59 37 20 4<br />

3q91 213.18 212.83 20 51 33 12 1<br />

4q91 201.41 107.82 125.49 20 48 81 37 12 4<br />

1q92 224.45 98.99 29.51 27 46 67 40 16 3<br />

2q92 273.10 95.11 53.79 35 49 65 45 20 10<br />

3q92 253.35 129.17 38.72 37 62 87 46 27 10<br />

4q92 226.96 90.19 39.66 28 71 69 45 19 6<br />

1q93 221.07 84.99 41.77 40 48 84 47 14 5<br />

2q93 227.36 105.09 44.00 35 55 55 39 17 3<br />

3q93 241.40 84.59 38.50 32 73 77 46 29 6<br />

4q93 190.34 65.04 39.06 53 76 78 43 25 9<br />

1q94 220.91 65.42 39.45 47 77 87 44 27 21<br />

2q94 217.03 73.37 30.40 54 76 89 48 48 20<br />

3q94 185.70 78.05 30.41 55 78 89 50 48 15<br />

4q94 189.08 71.42 33.02 61 75 82 52 43 20<br />

1q95 197.30 88.00 25.70 55 76 89 82 58 21<br />

2q95 209.13 69.07 22.18 51 72 86 63 100 28<br />

3q95 200.09 87.21 30.67 45 56 75 93 48 12<br />

4q95 197.06 99.30 12 31 88 24 1<br />

1q96 204.63 101.27 24 49 71 32 1<br />

2q96 192.42 90.24 39.33 30 48 66 87 57 11<br />

3q96 196.36 92.20 38.79 32 56 58 49 47 25<br />

4q96 198.33 82.83 38.55 40 51 56 76 79 29<br />

*Street Purchasers:<br />

1: User (less than 10 pure gram)<br />

2: Mid-level Distributor (10 to 100 pure grams)<br />

3: 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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