“...Experts trace the spike in heroin use to its widespread availability and low cost. A bag of heroin can sell for $5 to $25 and induce a six- to eight-hour high, according to officials and former users. Cocaine, by comparison, can cost $40 to $60 for a 30-minute high, while prescription painkillers like Vicodin or OxyContin sell for upward of $40 a pill on the street...”
“..One of Jonathan’s friends, a 21-year-old former addict from Long Island named Brian, said heroin was cheaper, and often more available, than marijuana or ecstasy.”
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That’s quite a statement. If heroin is that cheap and available, we’re in big trouble. We need to win in Afghanistan for more compelling reasons than just fighting islamofascism.
I heard that for a while heroin was cheaper than beer.