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[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Holy fuck prices have gone up since I got sober. The current Swiss price is higher than the street price where i am in the US in 2012 when I last did the stuff.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Note: unless you know someone, MOST cocaine you get (especially in the US) is complete shit and has been for decades. Likely less that half actually cocaine.

So unless you have a contact up the food and I mean really up the chain. You're not getting cocaine in the US, you're get a mix of street trash with some Fentanyl to make you get the numb lips, vibrate sense. (unless they put too much in and then you die)

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the main reason that legalization and regulation should be considered, at least in my opinion. People are going to do drugs, until the end of time. Even if it means playing Russian roulette with Fentanyl, they are still going to do it. We should focus on harm prevention and rehabilitation, not punishment.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yup, I had a friend OD a few years ago. Had moved out of the city and got clean. Came back visiting and was just going to have "night" out and got bad shit.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

A ball is around 200 here, 240 when scarce. So about 3.5 times less than what that guy was saying. 🤷‍♂️

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Not really the same as cocaine, but I feel the same way whenever I see cigarette prices now. I remember being able to get a pack of GPCs for a dollar before I quit in 2000.