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False. In Colombia, 4.5 kg of coca paste, which will yield about one kilo of cocaine, fetches about $4,500. On the streets of the United States, selling this k

by jfoutz 18y ago

False. In Colombia, 4.5 kg of coca paste, which will yield about one kilo of cocaine, fetches about $4,500. On the streets of the United States, selling this kilogram of cocaine will earn between $200,000 and $600,000. (http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia150.htm http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia150.htm) Claritin 10 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71 (http://www.rense.com/general54/preco.htm http://www.rense.com/general54/preco.htm) normalized to 1 kilo ... cost $71,000, value $21517000.00 what did we bet again? :)

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mseebach 18y ago
Huh? Your math is off by a few orders of magniture. 100x10mg = 1g, so 1 kg should be 1000x$215.17 = $215,170.00, for an ingredient cost of 1000x$.71 = $710. Also, I can buy 100 x 10mg Clarityn for $65, but I won't, because I can get 100 x 10mg Mildin (exact same active ingredient) for $35. Edit: Oops, forgot to add a point. Your point holds true, your calculations are just for 100 kg instead. Thing is, medicine isn't invented, manufactured sold or bought in a free market. Another difference between Clarityn and coke is that there is a very elaborate framework in place to make sure your pills are good - if your dealer dilutes your coke with flour or ratpoison, you're screwed and nobody cares. If there was no demand/requirement for that protection, I'm sure we could get our pills for around $1.
DabAsteroid 18y ago
one kilo of cocaine ... $4,500 ... On the streets ... between $200,000 and $600,000. ... Claritin ... $215.17 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71 Your analogy does not work, because it compares two regulated items (cocaine and Claritin), instead of one regulated item vs. one unregulated item.
DabAsteroid 18y ago
Also, your stateside cocaine kilo prices are off by more than 10 times, even factoring in the recent price jump. Here are the latest news stories mentioning stateside prices: http://news.google.com/news?q=kilo+of+cocaine+costs http://news.google.com/news?q=kilo+of+cocaine+costs You used to be able get about $18000 for a key (kilogram, or 2.2 pounds) of cocaine. New you’re seeing prices of $27000, $28000 per key. That’s a big jump. ...

by jfoutz 18y ago

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mseebach 18y ago

Huh? Your math is off by a few orders of magniture. 100x10mg = 1g, so 1 kg should be 1000x$215.17 = $215,170.00, for an ingredient cost of 1000x$.71 = $710. Also, I can buy 100 x 10mg Clarityn for $65, but I won't, because I can get 100 x 10mg Mildin (exact same active ingredient) for $35. Edit: Oops, forgot to add a point. Your point holds true, your calculations are just for 100 kg instead. Thing is, medicine isn't invented, manufactured sold or bought in a free market. Another difference between Clarityn and coke is that there is a very elaborate framework in place to make sure your pills are good - if your dealer dilutes your coke with flour or ratpoison, you're screwed and nobody cares. If there was no demand/requirement for that protection, I'm sure we could get our pills for around $1.

DabAsteroid 18y ago

one kilo of cocaine ... $4,500 ... On the streets ... between $200,000 and $600,000. ... Claritin ... $215.17 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71 Your analogy does not work, because it compares two regulated items (cocaine and Claritin), instead of one regulated item vs. one unregulated item.

DabAsteroid 18y ago

Also, your stateside cocaine kilo prices are off by more than 10 times, even factoring in the recent price jump. Here are the latest news stories mentioning stateside prices: http://news.google.com/news?q=kilo+of+cocaine+costs http://news.google.com/news?q=kilo+of+cocaine+costs You used to be able get about $18000 for a key (kilogram, or 2.2 pounds) of cocaine. New you’re seeing prices of $27000, $28000 per key. That’s a big jump. ...