Table 3. Drug Market Indicators by County
			Maricopa County		Pima County
Obtained Methamphetamine in past 30 days*		26.7%		10.4%
Characteristics of Cash Transactions
Paid cash for methamphetamine in past 30 days		59.0%		57.3%
	Cash only	89.4%		89.6%
	Cash and something else	10.6%		10.4%
	Bought directly	85.7%		84.4%
	Bought indirectly from someone working with a dealer	37.1%		30.8%
	Bought indirectly from someone not working with a dealer	62.9%		69.2%
	Bought in own neighborhood	47.1%		54.7%
Unable to purchase in past 30 days		25.3%		31.3%
	Unable because no dealer was available	29.8%		25.0%
	Unable because dealer did not have drug	44.4%		42.9%
	Unable because dealer did not have acceptable quality	19.2%		21.4%
	Unable because of police activity	6.6%		10.7%
Source
	Regular Source	62.5%		62.8%
	Occasional Source	25.6%		24.4%
	New Source	11.9%		12.8%
Method used to contact source
	Pager	7.3%		1.1%
	Telephone	44.0%		51.7%
	Went to Apartment/House	30.0%		31.0%
	With person already	9.1%		9.2%
	Other	9.6%		7.0%
Type of place where methamphetamine bought
	Apartment/house	77.1%		74.4%
	Public building/street/outdoor	20.8%		23.3%
	Other	2.1%		2.3%
Unit type
	Gram	56.9%		62.4%
	Ounce	28.9%		25.9%
	Other	14.2%		11.7%
Amount spent (most recent transaction)		135.1		213.49
% for self (most recent transaction) **		69.4%		61.6%
Number of times acquired on that day		1.25		1.10
Number of days acquired in last 7 days		2.20		2.28
Number of days acquired in last 30 days**		9.56		9.14
Number of persons bought in last days		2.00		1.97
* p < .05 (chi-square test for difference in frequency between counties)
** p < .05 (t-test of difference between means)
Table 3. Drug Market Indicators by County (cont.)
			Maricopa County		Pima County
Characteristics of Non-Cash Transactions
Obtained methamphetamine without paying cash in past 30 days		76.9%		75.0%
How obtained
	On Credit	6.4%		5.6%
	Fronted to sell	5.5%		8.8%
	Trade	6.4%		9.6%
	Gift	56.9%		45.6%
	Other	24.8%		30.4%
Method used to contact source
	Telephone	22.7%		23.0%
	Went to Apartment/house	21.1%		19.7%
	With person already	38.4%		38.5%
	Other	17.8%		18.8%
Unit type
	Gram	58.5%		53.7%
	Ounce	18.8%		26.9%
	Other	22.7%		19.4%
% for self (most recent transaction)		71.8%		71.9%
Number of times acquired on that day		1.27		1.31
Number of days acquired in last 7 days		2.03		1.82
Number of days acquired in last 30 days		7.45		6.85
* p < .05 (chi-square test for difference in frequency between counties)