Comments on: Cocaine dealers hurt by recession http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-580096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-580096 take it from an expert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PR_rzF8ofw take it from an expert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PR_rzF8ofw

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-637701 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-637701 40 A G OF THAT SCALE IN THA CHI HOMIE 40 A G OF THAT SCALE IN THA CHI HOMIE

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579598 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579598 Cocaine? Isn't that the stuff that makes fools feel clever? Cocaine?
Isn’t that the stuff that makes fools feel clever?

]]> By: redpiller http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579600 redpiller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579600 Sounds like the guys in the article just need to watch The Wire. Either that, or read this comment thread, to increase sales. Sounds like the guys in the article just need to watch The Wire. Either that, or read this comment thread, to increase sales.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-797465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-797465 Because marijuana and cocaine are completely different drugs with completely different effects? It's like questioning why someone is eating rice when they could be eating french fries instead. They're not replacements for each other. Because marijuana and cocaine are completely different drugs with completely different effects? It’s like questioning why someone is eating rice when they could be eating french fries instead. They’re not replacements for each other.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-636702 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-636702 ^^ No, I could only follow half of it too, but I thought the non-coke users out there might like to see what coke does to your linear communication skills. Cocaine: mutilator of coherence, connecter of unconnected thoughts, musher of paragraphs. On second thought, maybe its genius prose of the Ulysses stream-of-consciousness variety. Moar! ^^ No, I could only follow half of it too, but I thought the non-coke users out there might like to see what coke does to your linear communication skills.

Cocaine: mutilator of coherence, connecter of unconnected thoughts, musher of paragraphs.

On second thought, maybe its genius prose of the Ulysses stream-of-consciousness variety. Moar!

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579617 efergus3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579617 "Cocaine is nature's way of telling you that you're making too damn much money." - Robin Williams “Cocaine is nature’s way of telling you that you’re making too damn much money.” – Robin Williams

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579883 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579883 #8, Anonymous: <blockquote> This makes me think we need a website devoted to reporting spot prices for various legal & illegal drugs. eg - NO2, Glastonbury, 27-6-09, £1-£2 per balloon </blockquote> About 10 years ago, there was a UK based website that did exactly this. I'm not sure what happened to it (or even if it's still going?)- a search through old posts on uk.rec.drugs.cannabis or uk.politics.drugs might give the answer. #27, Anonymous: <blockquote> crack =/= cocaine </blockquote> The <a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html">DEA</a> disagree. But it really depends on what you mean by 'cocaine'. #8, Anonymous:

This makes me think we need a website devoted to reporting spot prices for various legal & illegal drugs. eg
- NO2, Glastonbury, 27-6-09, £1-£2 per balloon

About 10 years ago, there was a UK based website that did exactly this. I’m not sure what happened to it (or even if it’s still going?)- a search through old posts on uk.rec.drugs.cannabis or uk.politics.drugs might give the answer.

#27, Anonymous:

crack =/= cocaine

The DEA disagree. But it really depends on what you mean by ‘cocaine’.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579390 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579390 I don't think this trend applies to working-class drugs like meth and crack. I don’t think this trend applies to working-class drugs like meth and crack.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579398 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579398 Cocaine sells for $30-60 per gram in the Seattle area. The price varies greatly based on location and quality. Cocaine sells for $30-60 per gram in the Seattle area. The price varies greatly based on location and quality.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579910 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579910 Anonymous @#43 <blockquote>Value is created by making shortages</blockquote> I think you are confusing price and value. Anonymous @#43

Value is created by making shortages

I think you are confusing price and value.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579399 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579399 and beer. and beer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-580167 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-580167 In Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal the price never changes, just the cut. Over the last 8 months to a year and 1/2 the cut has been spectacularly shitty. Apparently it's being cut more, higher up the food chain. So as it passes hands, the cut gets worse. Still paying by weight, but your quality is going down. It's a real freekin drag I tell ya. With all that crap it's just no fun anymore. In Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal the price never changes, just the cut.

Over the last 8 months to a year and 1/2 the cut has been spectacularly shitty. Apparently it’s being cut more, higher up the food chain. So as it passes hands, the cut gets worse. Still paying by weight, but your quality is going down.

It’s a real freekin drag I tell ya. With all that crap it’s just no fun anymore.

]]> By: fidel_funk http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-580175 fidel_funk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-580175 100 bucks for da good gear in Copenhagen, Denmark too! 100 bucks for da good gear in Copenhagen, Denmark too!

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579668 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579668 Meh .Cocaine's dangerous: take too much at once, you die. IIRC it excites and then depresses, the CNS, including (finally) the respiratory reflex. that is , an overdose causes you to stop breathing. Why not just make cheap safe and effective marijuana legal, instead? Meh .Cocaine’s dangerous: take too much at once, you die. IIRC it excites and then depresses, the CNS, including (finally) the respiratory reflex. that is , an overdose causes you to stop breathing.

Why not just make cheap safe and effective marijuana legal, instead?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579924 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579924 This may not add much to the conversation, but I'd like to say that I really enjoyed seeing Mark own a dude. This may not add much to the conversation, but I’d like to say that I really enjoyed seeing Mark own a dude.

]]> By: flabzilla http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-1052246 flabzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1052246 sauga is full of shit powder gave up on it :( sauga is full of shit powder gave up on it :(

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579417 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579417 Why buy it when you can just soak a wad of currency and drink the juice? Why buy it when you can just soak a wad of currency and drink the juice?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579418 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579418 In NYC these days, a gram of good-enough cocaine goes for $80 via a known dealer. The price is pretty much the same for, say, a bartender-brokered deal -- but the quality drops noticeably. My guy has been offering a deal to his regulars: high-quality 3 grams for $300. That may sound like a lot, but the quality is so high that it's worth making the "investment." As he once told me, "I can make your bag as big as you want." In NYC these days, a gram of good-enough cocaine goes for $80 via a known dealer. The price is pretty much the same for, say, a bartender-brokered deal — but the quality drops noticeably. My guy has been offering a deal to his regulars: high-quality 3 grams for $300. That may sound like a lot, but the quality is so high that it’s worth making the “investment.” As he once told me, “I can make your bag as big as you want.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-610654 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-610654 I'm from DFW Tx and I buy coke for 50$ a gram from some mexican old guy but it's the best quality, but the regular price here is around 40$/g but shitty quality. This economic crisis has affected pot more than blow though, especially hydro. Now I don't even know who sells dro anymore since the one that got me the dro had to quit the business but before that, he stopped selling dro bcs everybody was broke and they wanted some cheap reg instead that was half the price... (Awesome discussion btw) -Tryclops I’m from DFW Tx and I buy coke for 50$ a gram from some mexican old guy but it’s the best quality, but the regular price here is around 40$/g but shitty quality. This economic crisis has affected pot more than blow though, especially hydro. Now I don’t even know who sells dro anymore since the one that got me the dro had to quit the business but before that, he stopped selling dro bcs everybody was broke and they wanted some cheap reg instead that was half the price…

(Awesome discussion btw)

-Tryclops

]]> By: emilydickinsonridesabmx http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579425 emilydickinsonridesabmx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579425 It's about $80-$100 a gram in NYC for delivery in NYC. It’s about $80-$100 a gram in NYC for delivery in NYC.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579433 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579433 when i lived in the netherlands, the price of heroin could be tracked to the street price of a used (stolen) bicycle. 1 hit = 1 bike when i lived in the netherlands, the price of heroin could be tracked to the street price of a used (stolen) bicycle. 1 hit = 1 bike

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579437 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579437 (UK) Cocaine cheaper than lager and wine as drug price falls by half - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4602051/Cocaine-cheaper-than-lager-and-wine-as-drug-price-falls-by-half.html = £20 to £40 per gram This makes me think we need a website devoted to reporting spot prices for various legal & illegal drugs. eg - NO2, Glastonbury, 27-6-09, £1-£2 per balloon (UK) Cocaine cheaper than lager and wine as drug price falls by half – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4602051/Cocaine-cheaper-than-lager-and-wine-as-drug-price-falls-by-half.html = £20 to £40 per gram

This makes me think we need a website devoted to reporting spot prices for various legal & illegal drugs. eg
- NO2, Glastonbury, 27-6-09, £1-£2 per balloon

]]> By: DMcK http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579440 DMcK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579440 <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ja702MY6bT1cGJQDKiDlkN1ctcvAD9AE1RGO0">Be careful,</a> kids. Evidently a third of the US's supply of blow is cut with some kind of veterinary de-worming medication. Don't blame your dealer, apparently this happens at the production level. Be careful, kids. Evidently a third of the US’s supply of blow is cut with some kind of veterinary de-worming medication. Don’t blame your dealer, apparently this happens at the production level.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579696 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579696 Over my near 25 years of drug usage and occasionally, sales, I've noticed an upswing in cocaine during Republican administrations so I'm expecting pot to make a big comeback soon. Over my near 25 years of drug usage and occasionally, sales, I’ve noticed an upswing in cocaine during Republican administrations so I’m expecting pot to make a big comeback soon.

]]> By: Pyros http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579698 Pyros Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579698 I can't give it away on 7th avenue. I can’t give it away on 7th avenue.

]]> By: squalor http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579702 squalor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579702 People in the Boulder area pay about $50 a gram. Denver, I have no idea. But Denver's drug market is kind of terrifying. People in the Boulder area pay about $50 a gram. Denver, I have no idea. But Denver’s drug market is kind of terrifying.

]]> By: lolbrandon http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579448 lolbrandon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579448 I know one guy who had to close his street corner cuz of the recession. Really sad. I know one guy who had to close his street corner cuz of the recession. Really sad.

]]> By: phazeaction http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-579452 phazeaction Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-579452 This is a red herring. Coke is recession proof. New York Magazine. The land of made-up stories. Like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Rites_of_the_New_Saturday_Night This is a red herring. Coke is recession proof.

New York Magazine. The land of made-up stories.

Like this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Rites_of_the_New_Saturday_Night

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/02/cocaine-dealers-hurt.html#comment-604034 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-604034 Squalor is right, the Denver drug scene is frightening. The Latinos have the purest stuff & the price is affordable, as far as cocaine goes, $100 an 8-Ball for high-grade blow. The type that doesn't leave you feeling jittery when you come down (and those of you who've done low-grade and high-grade know what I'm talking about). Ten years ago, I could get a kilo for a grand, not sure how much that would cost these days. The drug business has always been one of who you know that makes the difference in the price you pay. What you know is reflected in your success as a dealer. The problem in Denver with the recession is cokeheads are finding a cheaper and longer-lasting alternative: Crystal Meth. That drug is scarier than any coke cut with de-wormer. I'll keep my teeth, thank you very much. Squalor is right, the Denver drug scene is frightening. The Latinos have the purest stuff & the price is affordable, as far as cocaine goes, $100 an 8-Ball for high-grade blow. The type that doesn’t leave you feeling jittery when you come down (and those of you who’ve done low-grade and high-grade know what I’m talking about). Ten years ago, I could get a kilo for a grand, not sure how much that would cost these days. The drug business has always been one of who you know that makes the difference in the price you pay. What you know is reflected in your success as a dealer.
The problem in Denver with the recession is cokeheads are finding a cheaper and longer-lasting alternative: Crystal Meth. That drug is scarier than any coke cut with de-wormer. I’ll keep my teeth, thank you very much.

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