What is the average street price for meth? Has it varied over the years?
One hit of meth is about a quarter of a gram and will cost a user about $25. However, the price of meth is volatile and can get as high as $80 per hit. As with most drugs, the price depends on the drug’s purity, the amount and where it is sold. An example: in 2002 the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) reported that a gram of pure meth was as high as $330 in Chicago but only $60 in Seattle. Although the price of meth, when adjusted for inflation, has declined since the early 1980s, it remains relatively high; today, an ounce of meth costs nearly 10 times as much as an ounce of gold. Finally, while the real prices of most drugs have steadily declined over the years, the ONDCP confirms what reporter Steve Suo found in his investigation for the The Orgeonian’s meth series — the price of meth rises when government action leads to regulation restricting access to ephedrine and pseudoephedrine by meth traffickers.
