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Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by nicoburns on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:19PM (#25291445)
Indeed, for reference my understanding is that street cocaine usually sells for £50-£100/gram in the UK, and that this is usually cut with other substances. Whereas in Colombia you can get what people tell me is much purer cocaine for £3/gram.

A LOT of that £2.7bn is in smuggling costs.

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Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by erdos4d on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:06PM (#25292197)
Almost all of it is. I'm in Ecuador and its about $5/g here, hell if you stay at a touristic place and drop some money, I bet they'd comp your coke just to get you into the room right now. Its dirt cheap anywhere in South America.
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