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DRUG AVAILABILITY
Table 33. Average Price and Purity of Cocaine and Heroin in the United States, 1981�2000
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Year
|
Cocaine
|
Heroin
|
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Purchases of 1 gram
or less1
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Purchases of
10�100 pure grams2
|
Purchases of 0.1 gram
or less1
|
Purchases of
1�10 pure grams2
|
|
Price per pure gram ($)
|
Purity (%)
|
Price per pure gram ($)
|
Purity (%)
|
Price per pure gram ($)
|
Purity (%)
|
Price per pure gram ($)
|
Purity (%)
|
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1981
|
423
|
36
|
201
|
44
|
3,295
|
4
|
1,207
|
19
|
|
1982
|
433
|
36
|
184
|
46
|
3,285
|
5
|
1,159
|
32
|
|
1983
|
399
|
39
|
178
|
50
|
3,652
|
6
|
1,310
|
29
|
|
1984
|
378
|
44
|
153
|
55
|
3,485
|
8
|
1,293
|
36
|
|
1985
|
328
|
40
|
145
|
52
|
3,146
|
8
|
1,183
|
43
|
|
1986
|
315
|
51
|
127
|
64
|
3,502
|
9
|
1,153
|
37
|
|
1987
|
292
|
64
|
104
|
71
|
3,306
|
11
|
1,164
|
36
|
|
1988
|
238
|
75
|
80
|
73
|
3,123
|
17
|
960
|
40
|
|
1989
|
226
|
78
|
68
|
71
|
2,597
|
19
|
790
|
44
|
|
1990
|
267
|
69
|
77
|
59
|
2,924
|
16
|
878
|
32
|
|
1991
|
227
|
78
|
69
|
70
|
3,022
|
17
|
872
|
32
|
|
1992
|
224
|
76
|
65
|
74
|
2,863
|
21
|
687
|
39
|
|
1993
|
199
|
74
|
63
|
71
|
2,635
|
25
|
536
|
50
|
|
1994
|
187
|
73
|
57
|
74
|
2,721
|
25
|
433
|
47
|
|
1995
|
196
|
67
|
56
|
69
|
2,652
|
24
|
384
|
51
|
|
1996
|
175
|
72
|
51
|
70
|
2,424
|
23
|
378
|
45
|
|
1997
|
195
|
65
|
52
|
66
|
2,373
|
28
|
336
|
45
|
|
1998
|
183
|
68
|
47
|
68
|
2,087
|
25
|
331
|
49
|
|
1999
|
184
|
64
|
49
|
63
|
1,929
|
27
|
304
|
45
|
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20003
|
212
|
61
|
51
|
58
|
2,088
|
25
|
269
|
47
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1Quantities purchased at the "retail" level.
2Quantities purchased at the "dealer" level.
32000 data are preliminary, based on first two quarters of data.
Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Price of Illicit Drugs, 1981-2000 (in press).
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