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Originally Posted by tical
If there is a market for a drug, there will be crime done for it (for the money). If you're a user, and you're addicted... then the crime is all done for the drug.
Average price for pot is like 20 bucks a gram (yes I am aware that people get better deals)... a 20 shot of good crack is a pretty decent fix for a crackhead.
Price matters once you're addicted, but relatively speaking... drug prices are pretty competitive.
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A gram of quality weed = $15 .....a gram of quality powder cocaine = $80-150.....a gram of quality heroin = $100 - $350
I wouldn't say drug prices are competitive. A kilo of heroin = $50-100,000, a kilo of coke = $10,000-$30,000, a kilo of high quality marijuana = $4,000 - $7500
Way different fucking ball park
Not to mention the aforementioned drug dealers are all in a very different class.
Get caught with a 2lbs of pot = 1 year in prison , get caught with 2lbs of heroin = life imprisonment..........therefor coke & heroin are a much more dangerous class of drug dealer, thus more violence = higher social cost & stigma