Years latter but i live in Puerto Rico too i use and is cheaper and stronger
90% of the heroin in the US is less than 10% pure, specially in predominantly white areas. The best heroin is usually found on predominantly hispanic areas. I've seen a 10% heroin refered as "pure" among white groups I guess because they don't know anything better, they're used to 3-5% purity or less.
It's price, like the price of everything else, is dictated by supply and demand. $500 per gram for 10% heroin is believable in some parts of the US, specially among whites or in areas where there isn't many hispanics. Now, anything under $90 per gram for 50%+ heroin is not that easy to believe unless you're being fooled about the purity.
I was born and raised on Puerto Rico where heroin is much cheaper and available than ANYWHERE in the states, in fact 90% of the heroin that hits the states passes through PR and 90% of the heroin that hits PR is consumed in PR. Down there you can get a gram of 90% heroin for about $90 (and that's good even there most heroin on the streets is under 60% pure). Now I've been in the US for 15 years mostly in central and south Florida (Orlando & Miami) and I've also spent some time in NY and I've NEVER seen anything even close to that quality so I'm forced to conclude that you're either straight up lying or you're ignorant about the purity of your stuff.
From the Puerto Rico's news paper Primera Hora:
http://m.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/sinfrenoelconsumodeheroina-230388/
(translated with google translate so there are some errors.)
Without brake heroin usage
Puerto Rico: bastion of heroin.
Heroin trafficked and consumed in Puerto Rico is much more powerful, pure and cheap that you can buy in the United States and European countries.
In fact, the latest annual report of the National Intelligence Center Drugs, attached to the Department of Justice federal agency, describes the use of heroin in Puerto Rico as "extremely high". Details further that the drug is being transported in huge quantities from South America to the capital before being sent to the United States, Canada, Africa and Europe.
Despite all efforts led by state and federal authorities to reduce traffic and reduce consumption, heroin is searched daily by more than 32,000 users who have also opted for the illegal use of prescription opiates such as Percocet other and OxyContin- which they have gained popularity in several parts of the country.
On the other hand, the number of citizens applying for methadone treatment to break their addiction to opiates has also increased considerably in the last seven and a half years, from 2.800 to 10.000 patients. According to government data, the recurrence of these users reaches 89 percent.
Increased heroin use
Versions obtained by private rehabilitation centers controlled substances, also suggest that heroin use has increased in recent months as the use of other substances has decreased. The decline in the use of anesthesia horse, for example, has coincided with an increase in heroin use.
"In the last three years there has been an increase in consumption of opioids, including drugs that mimic the effects of heroin," said the director of the Community Initiative program, Jose Vargas Vidot.
The specialist said the government has indirectly led to the use of illegal opiates to provide conservative dose methadone centers fail to placate the harmful symptoms of addiction.
"The problem has always been the conservative approach of clinicians who provide methadone in very low doses that are unrelated to the usage pattern of addicts," said the specialist.
But the government denies it is submedicando to their patients. Ensures that methadone centers have adopted the guidelines of the federal government in 2001 to ensure individualized treatment of opiate users. However, it found that the amount of methadone patients have increased by leaps and bounds.
"We're seeing many more people are seeking treatment," said the adviser to the treatment area ASSMCA, Victor Toraño.
heroin market
Heroin smuggling business accounts for some of the most important points of drugs in the country. According to data collected from some federal agencies, Colombian cartels and Dominicans use local narcos and their connections to send the drug outside. It is estimated that 20 percent of the heroin trafficked into the United States comes from the Caribbean. Puerto Rico is the first important step in the distribution chain globally step.
"Puerto Rico is very important for the Colombian cartels. All indicators point to smuggle heroin has remained stable, "the spokesman federal Customs and Border Protection, Juan Muñoz Torres.
At the local level the authorities have been able to identify heroin distribution centers in the neighborhood La Perla in Old San Juan and in Monte Hatillo and Monte Park in the 65th Infantry.
Heroin is marketed in Puerto Rico, as can be seen intelligence reports, turns out to be economical despite its high degree of purity.
"It is investing much less in transport and Puerto Rico customers has remained stable," said the director of the Bureau of Drug Police, Lt. Col. William Orozco
High consumption of heroin in Puerto Rico directly related to the incidence of people with HIV by the practice of sharing infected injections. The authorities agree that most of the drug up to the island and sent through commercial transfer. Only in 2007 the Puerto Rican authorities seized 23 kilos of heroin with a street value estimated at $ 2,070,000.
"Unable to reduce heroin trafficking," the report said official.
