yiggy said:
how shitty some cocaine is.
dude i can tell right away when i have to do a gagger and the next batch i need key bumps...
you seriously believe that a kilo that STARTS at about 75-85% purity at best is being SOLD BY THE GRAM AT LEVELS OVER 50% PURITY?!?!
give me a fucking break.
as soon as a kilo crosses the border its at best going to be 1/5th meaning you turn 5 kilos into 6 make sense? thats for large amounts. then the guy getting a couple kilos does it as well, then the guy getting half kis, then the guy getting a couple of ounces...hell even a person buying half ounces may cut their dope....my point being it adds the fuck up and you are clueless if you think ur getting 60-70% RETAIL.
rofl i cannot believe this shit
I don't think I'm getting 60-70% retail, I live in the UK so it is without a doubt considerably worse than that. Rather than theorising on purity levels why not go on actual information. Here's another source that puts the number at over 50% in recent years:
"http://www.dea.gov/pubs/intel/02058/02058.html
April 2003
This report was prepared by the Domestic Strategic Unit of the Office of Domestic Intelligence. This report reflects information received prior to December 2002.
Excutive Summary:
This edition of the Illegal Drug Price and Purity Report provides cocaine, heroin, marijuana, hallucinogen, depressant, and stimulant prices in the United States from January 1998 through December 2001. In addition, purity levels are included for cocaine and heroin as is the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content for marijuana. The price data were compiled from DEA field division reports. The highest and lowest reported prices during the year for each drug provide the national range. The wide range in kilogram prices reflects the following variables: buyer/seller relationship; quantity of kilograms negotiated (more kilograms = lower price); purchase frequencies; location (higher prices paid in outlying areas); purity (higher price paid for higher purity); and transportation costs. Purity information for cocaine and heroin comes from DEA’s System To Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence (STRIDE). Purity data are based on STRIDE printouts of average purities for the 1-to-10-gram, 1-to-10-ounce, and 1-to-10-kilogram ranges. STRIDE is a computerized data base program used to record, collate, and display the results of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis of all drug evidence submitted to the DEA laboratory system. The University of Mississippi’s Marijuana Potency Monitoring Project provides THC levels for marijuana.
Cocaine prices at the kilogram level remained relatively low in the primary importation/distribution centers, such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City, as well as in most other major U.S. cities. (Price information for Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City is provided in this report; price information is available upon request for major cities not included in the report.) Cocaine prices nationwide have remained relatively stable over the time period, particularly for ounce and gram quantities, suggesting that cocaine was readily available to the user. “Crack” cocaine prices also remained stable, indicating it too was readily available nationwide. Typically, cocaine is converted into crack cocaine, or “rock,” within the United States by the secondary wholesaler or retailer. Crack cocaine is often packaged in vials, glassine bags, and film canisters. The size of a crack rock can vary, but generally ranges from 1/10 to 1/2 gram. Rocks can sell for as low as $5 to as high as $100, but prices generally range from $10 to $20. Cocaine purity levels decreased at the kilogram level from 82 percent in 1998 to 69 percent in 2001. Ounce and gram levels have also decreased from 69 percent in 1998 to 53 percent in 2001 and from 69 percent to 56 percent, respectively."
Here we have the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction putting the average purities at retail level in a number of European countries (which I don't need to tell you are considerably further from the source than America, meaning more cutting) at over 50%.
I can't be bothered to sit here trying to fish out any more information from reliable sources to back up my point. Everything I've posted has been from studies conducted by official agencies, which personally I'll believe over your guess at the purity of your coke.