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 4: Estimated Quarterly <strong>Price</strong> per Pure Gram <strong>of</strong> Marijuana at Four Purchase Levels,<br />
Calendar year quarters for <strong>1981</strong>-2000<br />
Period <strong>Price</strong> (2000$/pure gram) Number <strong>of</strong> Cases<br />
Level* => 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4<br />
1q81 9.41 4.84 1.79 22 24 3 1<br />
2q81 7.80 5.10 41 7 2 0<br />
3q81 7.25 3.42 1.79 0.56 49 13 9 4<br />
4q81 5.04 3.42 38 11 1 1<br />
1q82 12.98 2.67 2.59 15 14 5 2<br />
2q82 6.42 5.92 1.58 18 12 3 0<br />
3q82 9.13 4.98 2.12 2.91 13 8 7 4<br />
4q82 10.65 7.76 2.38 0.09 17 4 9 11<br />
1q83 10.81 7.82 12 10 2 1<br />
2q83 9.87 9.91 4.38 28 13 5 0<br />
3q83 9.73 6.47 3.45 17 8 8 0<br />
4q83 14.00 8.70 2.49 2.15 11 18 15 3<br />
1q84 12.64 9.77 1.94 19 9 4 1<br />
2q84 13.06 5.35 2.60 4.25 41 10 6 3<br />
3q84 10.01 5.65 3.36 22 9 5 1<br />
4q84 12.60 5.83 3.81 19 13 5 2<br />
1q85 12.66 7.73 2.93 2.37 27 13 10 3<br />
2q85 12.90 8.43 2.72 26 9 17 1<br />
3q85 14.06 6.71 2.99 1.84 17 4 3 3<br />
4q85 11.59 7.28 2.56 11 6 8 1<br />
1q86 11.62 7.86 2.50 9 4 6 0<br />
2q86 16.22 11 2 2 1<br />
3q86 17.08 3.04 13 2 3 0<br />
4q86 14.33 11.03 6.18 14 4 4 1<br />
1q87 16.76 8.67 5.65 30 3 10 1<br />
2q87 12.17 11.44 3.54 21 3 25 1<br />
3q87 11.49 21.41 4.00 9 7 7 2<br />
4q87 11.77 7.91 3.93 4 5 3 0<br />
1q88 15.28 13.04 4.41 17 3 8 2<br />
2q88 13.37 8.38 12 14 2 1<br />
3q88 12.00 10.12 10 12 2 0<br />
4q88 16.28 9.84 2.69 6 16 7 1<br />
*Street Purchasers:<br />
1: Small User (less than 10 pure gram)<br />
2: Large User (10 to 100 pure grams)<br />
3: Mid-level Distributor (100 to 1000 pure grams or more)<br />
4. Wholesale Distributor (more than 1000 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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