Local Officials Unconvinced of Cocaine Scarcity Claims
January 2nd, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
The Bush administration recently said that cocaine supplies have tightened and prices are rising, but officials in some U.S. cities are unconvinced of the federal government’s claim of an “unprecedented cocaine shortage,” NPR reported Dec. 26.
In December, U.S. drug czar John Walters announced that, “The latest DEA reporting indicates a sharp increase in the street price of cocaine, with a 44 percent increase reported in price per pure gram between January and September of 2007.” Walters said that drug “seizures are having a profound effect on availability of drugs in the U.S.”
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