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

Table 4: Estimated Quarterly Price per Pure Gram of Marijuana at Four Purchase Levels,
Calendar year quarters for 1981-2000 (continued)
Period Price (2000$/pure gram) Number of Cases
Level* => 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1q89 12.09 8.35 3.13 2.13 14 6 15 3
2q89 17.88 9.24 3.57 9 6 5 1
3q89 13.15 7.18 3.09 1.90 10 4 4 4
4q89 15.21 12 2 1 1
1q90 14.02 9.83 4.99 3.34 8 9 13 3
2q90 13.35 9.73 4.67 10 4 10 1
3q90 17.87 4.87 9 1 3 0
4q90 11.05 11.96 5.70 2.41 14 12 19 4
1q91 17.00 11.40 5.31 14 29 26 2
2q91 15.32 8.85 5.21 16 9 9 1
3q91 33.61 11.85 6.28 5 5 5 0
4q91 27.48 4.74 2.76 5 1 20 10
1q92 18.73 10.86 5.22 12 7 21 0
2q92 13.36 12.48 5.98 18 12 21 1
3q92 12.92 11.26 4.41 4.31 25 6 25 8
4q92 14.27 6.69 3.83 2.14 14 7 20 5
1q93 14.36 20.37 4.02 25 4 13 1
2q93 13.95 14.21 3.74 27 8 13 2
3q93 15.98 13.70 5.30 1.88 42 11 10 3
4q93 15.89 14.70 3.27 2.69 29 9 10 3
1q94 17.20 14.26 3.57 14 6 17 1
2q94 10.85 7.71 3.47 1.11 21 4 22 4
3q94 11.34 7.35 2.52 1.51 9 6 10 3
4q94 15.52 5.84 4.35 2.46 15 20 8 5
1q95 15.69 6.40 3.48 2.27 15 15 8 11
2q95 11.34 8.70 3.14 1.80 9 8 22 12
3q95 9.43 8.01 3.28 1.66 13 3 13 8
4q95 10.63 6.45 3.45 1.58 43 17 14 4
1q96 13.12 7.76 2.76 24 16 23 0
2q96 11.04 5.86 2.25 1.18 22 10 19 4
3q96 7.91 7.07 2.74 1.75 16 13 19 5
4q96 9.81 6.78 2.42 1.81 13 6 11 3
*Street Purchasers:
1: Small User (less than 10 pure gram)
2: Large User (10 to 100 pure grams)
3: Mid-level Distributor (100 to 1000 pure grams or more)
4. Wholesale Distributor (more than 1000 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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