^ I don't know if it is just the circles that I am in but I have been very unhappy with cannabis quality in the last 18 months of smoking daily compared to my last most recent daily smoking stint. It isn't absolute garbage but I consider myself lucky when I find something particularly nice, 2.5-3 years ago it was the total opposite...
Heroin in Australia will probably never rival its hey day on the Eastern seaboard, it just is not profitable for it to do so. That said, without specific price discussion, in cities that heroin is prevalent it certainly is not rivalling ice in cost, although perhaps I am not in the right meth circles.
We are never going to see crack cocaine available to any notable extent in Australia period, it just is not profitable for it to exist. Any real cocaine market I have been exposed to or heard about has been amongst affluent people who are never going to live down being pipe feens amongst their peers, despite the fact that more often than not a cheeky line of blow is seldom seen as harder than a few extra glasses of wine in such circles. I have to say as I have seen the degradation of multiple drug scenes, one scene that continues to thrive despite its doubling in price is methamphetamine, if there is one drug this country does not need it is another stimulant that is primarily administered via a glass pipe.