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

Table 6: Estimated Annual Price per Pure Gram and Purity of Cocaine at Four Purchase Levels, Calendar years for 1981-2000
Period Price (2000$/pure gram) Purity Number of Cases
Level* => 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1981 $423.09 $277.03 $201.06 $125.43 36% 44% 60% 73% 281 473 260 3
1982 $433.29 $264.73 $184.45 $153.95 36% 46% 61% 79% 444 664 293 9
1983 $398.81 $247.64 $178.13 $120.31 39% 50% 69% 84% 480 777 580 59
1984 $377.82 $222.25 $153.30 $98.24 44% 55% 71% 86% 603 848 929 67
1985 $328.03 $216.23 $144.69 $93.19 40% 52% 67% 82% 929 1169 1284 104
1986 $314.52 $192.39 $127.14 $72.83 51% 64% 77% 88% 843 1024 1567 131
1987 $292.37 $172.02 $104.11 $54.52 64% 71% 81% 86% 823 871 1961 264
1988 $237.58 $142.01 $79.91 $44.34 75% 73% 81% 88% 1257 941 2004 402
1989 $225.80 $121.75 $67.74 $38.00 78% 71% 76% 84% 1540 973 1973 367
1990 $267.44 $140.23 $77.49 $48.88 69% 59% 66% 78% 1458 994 1387 194
1991 $227.47 $117.29 $69.24 $40.52 78% 70% 75% 83% 1575 1149 2318 415
1992 $224.35 $114.58 $65.04 $37.56 76% 74% 76% 83% 1048 1152 1837 263
1993 $199.19 $109.82 $62.97 $34.88 74% 71% 72% 80% 709 1005 1139 134
1994 $186.96 $98.67 $57.02 $31.56 73% 74% 73% 81% 666 1318 1677 200
1995 $195.99 $96.83 $55.61 $33.71 67% 69% 69% 75% 717 1271 1448 159
1996 $174.96 $92.90 $51.12 $29.92 72% 70% 69% 79% 773 1471 1918 251
1997 $195.15 $90.18 $51.64 $30.00 65% 66% 64% 78% 931 1638 1930 195
1998 $183.09 $87.91 $46.96 $27.69 68% 68% 66% 76% 825 1667 2312 251
1999 $183.93 $92.14 $48.52 $26.59 64% 63% 61% 71% 1423 1942 1955 178
2000 $211.70 $100.67 $51.45 $26.03 61% 58% 53% 67% 700 1109 935 67
*Street Purchasers: 1: Small User (less than 1 pure gram)
2: Large User (1 to 10 pure grams)
3: Mid-level Distributor (10 to 100 pure grams)
4: 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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