• @x00z
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    303 days ago

    The cost of drugs in the media and government talk are almost always wrong.

    two million grams of cocaine

    Where I live a relatively pure gram goes for €60/g. So that’s €120 million worth of pure cocaine.

    I think the price that they used is the price they dare ask in the medical world. Which I’ve seen to be up to $500/g in small quantities. (Posted online by a science student who saw it listed on a certified vendor website). So even if that’s the amount they put on it that would still only be $1 billion instead of 3, and that’s not even wholesale.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 days ago

      two million grams of cocaine

      This irks me. Two tons of cocaine but bigger number sounds like more.

      • @x00z
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        133 days ago

        I guess they used grams because it’s mostly people that enjoy drugs that will read the article.

    • @DelightfullyDivisive
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      22 days ago

      According to my sources (just a quick ddg search), 2000 kg of cocaine is worth more like $6 million.

      • @x00z
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        32 days ago

        Yeah I gave an example of the worst possible prices.

        I misread however, it’s 2 billion USD or 3 billion NZD. But that still doesn’t make sense.