Prices for cocaine and methamphetamine have risen for the fourth quarter in a row!
 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...e_N.htm?csp=34

Prices for cocaine and methamphetamine have risen for the fourth quarter in a row, a trend law enforcement officials say indicates supply has dropped.

The price for a pure gram of cocaine increased 47% since October 2006. The price of a pure gram of methamphetamine jumped 84%, says a report out today by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

"I don't think anyone is prepared to declare victory, but this is certainly encouraging news," says Scott Burns of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

A gram of pure cocaine cost about $137 in September, up from $93 in October 2006, according to a DEA database that analyzes seized illegal drugs. A gram of pure methamphetamine cost $245 in September, up from $133 in October 2006. The DEA uses the database to gauge illegal drug markets. High prices and low purity generally indicate a short supply. Dealers often use filler ingredients to stretch a drug supply.

Price increases don't necessarily show government success, says Bill Piper, a spokesman for the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports legalizing drugs. "When gasoline prices go up, politicians instinctively know that oil companies are getting rich," Piper says. "When drug prices go up, drug cartels are making money. ? More people are going to enter the market because its more profitable."

The Justice Department's annual National Drug Intelligence Estimate, out Wednesday, said cocaine is replacing methamphetamine as the "principal drug threat" in the USA, based on a survey of law enforcement agencies. The assessment reports declines in domestic and smuggled Mexican meth, but increases in Canadian meth.

New state and federal restrictions on ingredients used to make meth have contributed to a decline in homegrown drugs produced in small labs, Burns says.

In the past year, Mexican authorities have sent troops to crack down on trafficking and violent drug gangs.

oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Perhaps prices simply increased because dollar buys less Columbian pesos? lol

:1orglaugh

jesus christ, who is paying $137 for a gram of coke?

it is $50 TOPS here, and that is the good shit, $35 for some crap

you hit the nail :)

Reread this sentence: "When gasoline prices go up, politicians instinctively know that oil companies are getting rich"

They instinctively know... LOL

When hun lists some galleries, banner designers instinctively know that some webmasters will make some sales

Hmmm. Why are they too quick to attribute it to SUPPLY going down. Maybe it's DEMAND going up OR market segmentation dynamics?

EXACTLY

I know FAR FAR FAR more people around me doing drugs now than I did 10 years ago, and I hang out in the same circles

drugs are becoming way more accepted these days, way more than they were 10 years ago, and in 10 years from now I can't only imagine what it will be like

gram of pure methamphetamine cost $245 :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Looks like I'm in the wrong business.... Now I'm off to watch American Gangster and learn a few things. lol j/k

I dont think you get PURE cocaine for $50 ..

100 bucks an 8ball around here. I think he's asking to get paid in euro now so do the math.

how do you know what the fuck i get?

according to 3 purification tests what I get is 80-90% pure EVERY TIME

I can buy an 8 ball, purify it, and it still comes out above 3 grams

I am a mother fucking drug snob from hell, I have more drug purity testing kits here on hand than pretty much anyone I know, LOL

If I get coke and it doesn't at least pass a "high" level on the eztest while I am buying it, I give it back

but of course NO ONE is getting pure cocaine anymore if you are buying from anyone but the manufacturer

I also have very close ties to the source here in town, so that makes my shit way cheaper than everyone else

daaaayyyyyummm. You got it going on.

Drug price inflation...just another sign the economy is going to hell. Damn George Bush-its all his fault! LOL!!

Matt

When was the last time you saw pure? Ever?

On top of that, whenever cops give street value they mean the potential after it has been stepped on all the way down the food chain.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Good time to start a meth lab in the garage I guess :1orglaugh

coke prices when up b/c the feds seized over 50 tons of it this year

kilos are about $16k in in l.a. up from $13k or so I hear

^^^ what he says and,


cocaine is actually making a big come back.

in the past year, more and more people that i never knew to do any drugs are experimenting with cocaine. its not a supply and demand thing.

the currency market affects every trade including drug sales. they are raising prices because its more expensive to manufacture now and with the dollar dropping, up goes prices on things used in the production of products.

gasoline is also a very necessary product in the production of cocaine.

thats my 2 cents though.

I that all readers of GFY are clean and sober and don't have to pay inflated drug prices.

but the price of a kilo has remained relatively unchanged

umm, no

in l.a. if you can get it went up 3k to 16k a kilo

nyc prices are like 21k+ a kilo

so you are most likely getting all cut if the prices haven't changed

$300 gram here.

And is ALL crap.

:2 cents:

Fucked up country.

I think I need to start doing meth and cocaine. The price for 9 (yes, 9) Imitrex is over $200. I only pay $25 because of my insurance, but still.....

If you want to make some REAL money start making Imitrex in your basement ;)

I never saw meth and I don´t wanna see it :)

You selfish fucks! Not one of you have thought what escalating drug prices have done to stoners on fixed incomes ........

They kill me with this shit. I love how they try to make it sound like it's because of the wonderfully successful "war on drugs" when they manage to confiscate, what, 1-5% of the total amount that goes through the US? What a waste of time and resources.

thats some serious business ...im more worried about the gas prices ,...Thanks

Fucking Don Diego had to go and get arrested and mess it up for everyone

Yall are wasting your money - ought to be doing smack - the price is dropping big time since we ran the Taliban out of Afghanistan and the growers dont get killed for poppies anymore - the crops are prime now and the wholesale has dropped fantastic :thumbsup

My New Year's resolution is to start a smack habit, hope to get a nice spoon for Christmas.

WTF? Almost every single batch of this shit is different. Towards the end of my party days, it was getting really hard to get good shit because everyone was stomping on it or skimming for their own habit. Ice was actually going dollar for dollar in Dallas.. but the highest I think I ever saw it was $120 for a 'teen'.This fucking drug is pure evil man..

Huh? Dude... you're in the wrong business then.

:uhoh:eyecrazy

The joke about the colombian peso may not be far off. Look at it, the price of what, other than real estate isn't increasing? Commodity prices across the board -- why should coca be any different than wheat? Price of oil is up, transportation is going to cost more too. The DEA shouldn't be so fast to pat themselves on the back.

The only argument I buy is that the government could try to keep the quality of a drug low to prevent widespread usage. Otherwise, who the fuck that would otherwise do drugs does not because they are illegal?

wow all the cool kids are doing drugs

I better rush out and get me some

http://www.mype.co.za/images/articles/drugs.jpg

Good thing I quit that crap years ago

oh, btw, I don't do drugs, this is all based on information from someone I know

:anon ....

drugs are bad mmmmkay

Yeah, these cops are really smart, aren't they? They reduce the supply so that a gram of crack is worth more than an ounce of gold and then they sit around wondering why everyone is trying to cook things in their kitchen.