CEWG January 09 Full Report - National Institute on Drug Abuse

Section IV. Across <strong>CEWG</strong> Areas: Treatment Admissions, Forensic Laboratory Analysis Data, and Average Drug Price and Purity Data
City, Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, DC—
and no Southeast Asian heroin was purchased in
the HDMP program in 2006 or 2007.
Table 5 reports average percent purity and
average price per milligram pure of SA heroin in
10 <strong>CEWG</strong> cities for the period 2004–2007. From
2006 to 2007, average purity levels for SA heroin
increased in 6 of 10 <strong>CEWG</strong> areas (Philadelphia,
New York City, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and
Washington, DC), in contrast to 2005–2006, when
purity levels remained stable or declined in most
areas. Among the <strong>CEWG</strong> areas with declining
average purity, Baltimore and Atlanta represented
the largest declines of between 10 and 13 percentage
points (31.0 to 18.0 percent and 39.1 to 29.1
percent, respectively) during the period.
Over the 1-year period from 2006 to 2007,
average prices for SA heroin fell in 6 of 10 <strong>CEWG</strong>
areas (Atlanta, Miami, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis,
and Washington, DC), and rose in 4 (Philadelphia,
New York City, Baltimore, and Detroit)
(table 5).
Data on results of purchases of Mexican black
tar heroin are presented in table 6 for another 10
Figure 17. Heroin Domestic Monitor Program—Average Heroin Purity and Average Price
Per Milligram Pure by Predominant Source in <strong>CEWG</strong> Areas: 1 2007
8.1%
($1.28)
San
Francisco
Los
Angeles
San Diego
43.7%
($0.20)
Seattle
19.5%
($1.12)
Denver
St.
47.6%
Louis 2
($0.28)
21.0%
24.0% 56.9% ($0.80)
($0.32) ($0.31)
Phoenix
El Paso
39.8% ($0.49)
Dallas
20.6%
($1.<strong>09</strong>)
Chicago
22.4%
($0.45)
46.0%
($0.98)
Detroit
56.3%
($0.71)
Philadelphia
Atlanta
29.1%
($1.89)
17.0%
($1.37)
Boston
New York City
49.0% ($0.79)
Baltimore
18.1% ($0.60)
Washington, DC
19.5% ($1.34)
San Antonio
7.1%
($1.88)
Houston
7.0%
($1.66)
Predominant Heroin Source
South American Heroin
Mexican Heroin
Miami
18.1%
($1.48)
1
Not included here are some types, e.g., Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin. Where both South American (SA) and Mexican heroin
purchases were made, the more prevalent drug source identified is reported as predominant.
2
In St. Louis, Mexican heroin was the predominant source in 2006, unlike 2005 and 2007 when SA heroin samples were more frequently
identified. Therefore, while data are reported for St. Louis in tables for both forms of heroin, only SA heroin average price and purity data are
presented on this map.
SOURCE: DEA, 2007 HDMP Drug Intelligence <strong>Report</strong>, published November 2008, page 7
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