Cocaine is still the most expensive drug in the world, according to aglobal survey into narcotics published Monday – and Aussies are paying the highest price:
Cocaine remains the world most expensive drug per gram in the world (cannabis seeds are the most expensive though not strictly a drug of course). Most users (80%) use less than 10 times in the last 12 months in most countries at a mean price of 70 euros, he average of consumed dose of 1/2gm seems to be an example of harm reduction by price (minimum pricing in the UK).
NZ and Australia remain the priciest place to buy cocaine in the world – why – because their border control is great and the size of the markets they offer to cartels is small. The presence of crystal meth also helps (or not, since it is a drug with whole loads more problems for users in most cases).
Certainly cocaine markets have responded to the possibility of competition and low satisfaction with their product with a global two-tier market both at ounce/kilo level and street dealing gram levels. The graph shows prices in EUROS. And before you think of going to Brazil for cocaine don’t, but you have to wait till they come out with their findings later this month to find out why.
