Posted on 12/24/2007 5:40:35 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
The popular drug's prices have changed little in 25 years
A car, a home, a gallon of milk — most everything costs more now than a generation ago. Except a baggie of Mexican marijuana.
Give or take a few dollars, authorities say, pot grown in Mexico and sold in Houston and other Texas cities still goes for about the same price as 25 years ago: $60 to $80 for an ounce.
In economic terms, marijuana is far cheaper since the decade when a three-bedroom home in upscale West University cost $150,000, a new ride was less than $6,000 and first lady Nancy Reagan urged kids to "Just Say No."
"I guarantee you it is probably cheaper than it was back in the day," said Lt. Gray Smith of the Houston police narcotics division. "Since I've been in the dope business, it has been pretty much the same," he said of prices during 20 years of monitoring sales.
Others agree.
"I don't care if you put 10 Marine divisions along the Mexican border, you are never going to be able to stop the movement of drugs, marijuana, across the border," said Mike Vigil, the Drug Enforcement Administration's former chief of international operations.
The problem is not only that the 2,000-mile-long border is huge, but also that the U.S. depends on people and commerce being able to freely flow in and out of the country.
"If you were to search everything, you'd have lines going back 100 miles," Vigil said.
Although rarely bestowed with the infamy or educational focus of other illegal substances, the dried, greenish-brown plant remains the most-used illicit drug in the United States, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Seizures have climbed
An estimated 97 million Americans age 12 or older have smoked marijuana, according to....
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“$15 a lid, sweeeet!”
Duuude.
where’s my bone.....
How much would the elite strains cost, probally a lot more.
And...
remember paraquat?
Farout. I’ve heard groovy many times.
“remember paraquat?”
Yep
In the early ‘70s it was $10 a lid if we were lucky, sometimes it got as pricey as $20 for a lid - but it better be damn good for that price, like Oaxacan maybe.....
Lids, dime & nickel bags....then there were elbows.....
Yeah, I recall a matchbox. And then there was the $1 for a joint.
Agent Orange comes to mind.
{nonchalantly raising my hand}...and discovering true engineering ingenuity with pop-cans, tinfoil and cigarette lighter heating elements...all while driving a car...;)
Inflation,, ‘72,ROK 5$ for a #2 snack bar bag,,cheaper than tobacco,,now that was a crime..
How many joints in a lid?
3.
3?
I roll big joints man.
Ding ding ding, Our judges say that's ok they roll big joints too.
“$60 to $80 for an ounce?
Why I remember when it was $10.
(Just don’t ask how I knew that)”
$125 a kilo from Michoacan but you had to pick the rocks out yourself.
Whole rolled lid = early bong.
:)
Elbows???
OK, so what were elbows?
Stems?
The good sh-t still comes from Eastern Kentucky. You get what you pay for!
Typical War on Drugs BS article. Be very afraid parents! Mexican drugs - cheap and plentiful...just like Mexicans. Busts are up. It’s more and more plentiful you know. It’s that Mexican highway bringing ‘em in quicker. Cheap drugs, coming to a city near you - maybe right here in River City. Did I say keep that War on Drug money coming in?
> Ding ding ding, Our judges say that's ok they roll big joints too.
"Open up, man! It's me, Dave! I got the stuff..."
So true.
Ah......what were we talkin' about again?
If we spend another trillion or so per year, we can stop people from smoking this devil weed.
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