[Marxism] Narcotics stats

["Jurriaan Bendien" <andromeda246@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the year 2000, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Americans spent about $64 billion buying illegal narcotics -- about as much
as we spent on furniture or toys, and a bit more than the $49 billion that
went to gasoline. Most of the spending ($35 billion, to be precise) was on
cocaine; $10.5 billion went to marijuana purchases, $10 billion to heroin,
$5.4 billion to methamphetamines, and $2.4 billion to various hallucinogens,
depressants, and other drugs. The totals reflect generally downward trends
in drug use over the 1990s; cocaine use in particular is down sharply.
Between 1989-1992, consumption of cocaine averaged 400-500 tons, or $50-$80
billion per year; by the end of the 1990s, the figures were 260 tons and $35
billion.
http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecID=900003&contentID=251880

Jurriaan


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