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		gloob on Aug 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Do Afghan Drug Lords Spend All That Loot? * However, criminalization hasn't reduced their availability.* I suspect that if that were actually true, prices would be an awful lot lower.

anamax on Aug 22, 2009 [–]

Why?

Like cars and booze, there are illegal drugs at pretty much every price point. (Crack created a lower price point option for cocaine.)

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