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cm0002@mander.xyz to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 day ago

Who said free markets can't deliver for the consumer

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Who said free markets can't deliver for the consumer

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’ve paid 50 euros per gram (currently 86% pure) for at least the past 10 years.

  • BeUnique@lemmy.zip
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    Finally some uplifting news 😁

  • DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    And Americans just get theirs cut with Fentanyl!

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    No source — discarding data.

    • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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      But the Y axis says that they’re almost at 150% purity. And down to almost $80/kilo

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        150% of the baseline

  • 20cello@lemmy.world
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    You know something is wrong when the drug dealers are more honest than the ruling class

    • Elting@piefed.social
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      Well, when you can’t use the law to rig the competition, you have to remain competitive.

      • ARGVMI~1.PIF@mastodon.sdf.org
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        @Elting

        Yeah, whenever a so-called capitalist talks about building a moat, it’s like, that is the opposite of capitalism.

        @20cello

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    This graph is great at showing a selective part of reality. Free market thinking and capitalism tend to do well on those.

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    So. Supply is bigger than in 2014? I don’t think demand is in decline.

    So drug trafficking gangs found better ways to move their product into the target countries.

    • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Much bigger supply, higher quality, lower prices.

      Basically they just produce way more than before.

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    How can purity go above 100? Is this concentrated cocaine? Supposed to water it down first or something?

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      It clearly says 2014=100. Ergo a value of 160 is 3222.4 on the purity scale. You’re going to need a lot of water.

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      100 is the relative purity and price in 2014.

      Would like to see absolute numbers.

      • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        In the past decade or two, it has increased from 30-50% to 70-80%. Plenty of sources on this.

        https://mixmag.net/read/cocaine-deaths-higher-than-ever-ultra-strength-purity-floods-uk-market-news/

        https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cocaine-drugs-uk-deaths-police-south-america-b2975580.html?hl=en-GB

        https://www.substancemisuseresources.co.uk/latest/uk-cocaine-deaths-reach-record-high-as-street-purity-more-than-doubles?hl=en-GB#%3A~%3Atext=have+dropped+to+record+lows+because+of%2Ctsar+and+is+now+the+chief+execu

      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        It has become… 40%… purer in… 2024

        In ten years between be 2014 and 2024, average(?) cocaine purity in(?) Europe got 40% more pure.

        Is this… 🫴 🦋 Puritan culture?

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      This is a relative scale. 100 being the baseline.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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        So a random sample will contain 1.4 times as much coke, for 80% of the cost.

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          Presumably 40% less non-coke inclusion. So if before it was 90% coke and 10% cut, it’d be 94/6

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            That makes a lot more sense. Or the quality was originally absolutely terrible.

          • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Specifically from around 40-50% to 70-80%.

            It’s impossible to get more than roughly 85-90% purity as that’s the purity they export.

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          Not one random sample but the average of all samples.

          • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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            The random sample collectively.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          23 hours ago

          My coke has more coke!

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            @SCmSTR

            That’s 40% more coke per coke!

            @Tar_alcaran

            • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              What… Is your instance name

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      For our purposes, 140 will do fine.

  • Abrinoxus@lemmy.today
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    Imagine if the market was that free for consumer goods

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    Gummy blow

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