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

Table 3: Estimated Quarterly Price per Pure Gram and Purity of Methamphetamine at Three
Purchase Levels, Calendar year quarters for 1981-2000 (continued)
Period Price (2000$/pure gram) Purity (%) Number of Cases
Level* => 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
1q97 188.52 70.92 27.95 46 51 77 84 105 21
2q97 180.74 65.57 28.77 46 55 67 96 103 27
3q97 178.00 70.94 24.51 39 60 63 108 112 27
4q97 193.19 75.05 29.74 33 49 57 149 118 27
1q98 178.75 69.41 28.40 31 42 44 172 116 31
2q98 159.57 72.89 27.73 17 26 33 215 67 4
3q98 161.20 83.77 29.50 16 21 22 189 85 12
4q98 165.63 74.90 34.00 19 22 19 173 110 5
1q99 158.94 74.70 25.17 16 23 21 173 99 12
2q99 163.38 63.11 30.15 24 22 44 146 107 9
3q99 153.58 75.31 27.10 26 32 42 168 165 18
4q99 150.76 64.92 26.35 26 29 40 152 110 19
1q00 138.99 64.61 29.54 24 27 42 164 151 20
2q00 155.72 61.78 29.03 23 28 44 184 144 15
*Street Purchasers:
1: User (less than 10 pure gram)
2: Mid-level Distributor (10 to 100 pure grams)
3: Wholesale Distributor (100 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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