Trends in Average Crack Prices
(1981 - 2002)

Trends in Crack Prices at Three Purchase Levels
(Constant 2002 dollars -- per pure gram)
Year < 1 gram 1 - 15 grams > 15 grams
1986 $341.61 $174.22 $113.27
1987 $325.12 $147.32 $84.93
1988 $228.01 $108.52 $71.24
1989 $197.84 $96.20 $66.77
1990 $254.68 $137.98 $97.59
1991 $201.60 $107.75 $72.42
1992 $206.69 $101.92 $66.78
1993 $178.66 $98.03 $65.79
1994 $174.46 $83.62 $57.83
1995 $181.87 $87.27 $59.37
1996 $162.37 $79.22 $54.28
1997 $195.38 $88.55 $58.75
1998 $161.06 $77.34 $52.41
1999 $205.33 $87.38 $59.49
2000 $218.55 $97.76 $63.56
2001 $198.36 $89.02 $61.23
2002 $172.90 $80.68 $54.80

Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981 Through the Second Quarter of 2003.
November 2004 (Publication Number NCJ 207768), Table 3, p.60


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