Thread: Price of cocaine much lower than in '80s

Price of cocaine much lower than in '80s

By Michael Stetz
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

May 11, 2008

Among the many details laid out by authorities after last week's drug raids around San Diego State University, there was this tidbit: Alleged dealers were selling half-ounces of cocaine for as little as $400.
A half-ounce contains about 14 grams, which comes out to about $28 per gram (the size of a Sweet'N Low packet). In the 1980s, a gram of cocaine cost $100 to $125.

When inflation is factored in, the price difference is even more eye-popping. If the cost of cocaine went up like everything else, that $100 gram from the 1980s would cost $282 today.

It's a stunning price drop for a drug once considered among the more glamorous to use – and one that seems to be on the rise again.

Hollywood celebrities, professional athletes and rock stars gravitated toward cocaine in the 1980s. The popularity soon trickled down to young professionals and Average Joes who spent small fortunes to snort lines of white powder.

The drug made headlines for contributing to the deaths of such notables as comedian John Belushi and college basketball star Len Bias. Belushi died in 1982, five years before most of today's college students were born.

Government officials said the price drop isn't surprising. People became aware of the drug's dangers and started shying from it, said Eileen Zeidler, a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“It's not the trendy drug that it once was,â€

That's because "they" need you on it so you won't notice NAFTA II, NWO, NAU, microchips, Real Id, etc.. etc., etc.

our governments drug policy has Always failed . Costing us Billions in costs . Now where is all that money really going ? If the American government truly wanted to stop drugs , there would only be a micro of the amount on the market now

The war on drugs is hard but it would be alot worse. Police departments get alot of money from asset forefeiture which often comes from illegal drug sales. The money is used by police departments to pay for items needed by them and therefore it saves tax payers money. The vault in Miami Dade County has more cash from drug dealers in property and evidence than ever banks do.

It figures the one thing that is cheaper now then 1980's in cocaine

Originally Posted by steelerbabe

It figures the one thing that is cheaper now then 1980's in cocaine

GAS way UP Cocaine WAY DOWN!!!!

WE are SO still living in the TWILIGHT ZONE!!!!