The price of cocaine will vary depending on the quality of the drug, the dealer and the location. In the United States a gram of cocaine can be sold for anything between $50 and $100, again selling for more or less depending on the circumstances. Using this average it is therefore possible to make an estimation that a quarter ounce of cocaine can cost anything between $350 and $700.
Cocaine is a chemical drug that the possession, dealing and cultivation of which is highly illegal in most parts of the world. It is used as a recreational drug and is particularly popular in the United States and United Kingdom. The estimated market for cocaine in the United States was over $70 billion in 2005 and the country’s annual rate of consumption is around 300 metric tons. There are organised gang criminals who operate cocaine trade on a large scale, smuggling the drug from South America, where most of it is grown, into the United States and Europe. The Caribbean and Mexican routes are some of the most common ways that cocaine is smuggled. Shipments are made from South America and transported through Mexico or Central America over land or by air. The cocaine is then broken down into smaller loads for smuggling across the US/Mexico border. The primary importation ports are in Arizona, southern California, southern Florida and Texas. Over sixty five percent of cocaine enters the United States through the Mexican route, while the majority of the rest passes through Florida. There is now a labyrinth of smuggling routes throughout the Caribbean with traffickers hired from Mexico to transport the drug. There are a number of complex smuggling techniques used to transfer the drugs. Some of these are mid-ocean boat-to-boat transfers, airdrops into the Bahama Islands or commercial shipment through the port of Miami.
Cocaine is a chemical drug that the possession, dealing and cultivation of which is highly illegal in most parts of the world. It is used as a recreational drug and is particularly popular in the United States and United Kingdom. The estimated market for cocaine in the United States was over $70 billion in 2005 and the country’s annual rate of consumption is around 300 metric tons. There are organised gang criminals who operate cocaine trade on a large scale, smuggling the drug from South America, where most of it is grown, into the United States and Europe. The Caribbean and Mexican routes are some of the most common ways that cocaine is smuggled. Shipments are made from South America and transported through Mexico or Central America over land or by air. The cocaine is then broken down into smaller loads for smuggling across the US/Mexico border. The primary importation ports are in Arizona, southern California, southern Florida and Texas. Over sixty five percent of cocaine enters the United States through the Mexican route, while the majority of the rest passes through Florida. There is now a labyrinth of smuggling routes throughout the Caribbean with traffickers hired from Mexico to transport the drug. There are a number of complex smuggling techniques used to transfer the drugs. Some of these are mid-ocean boat-to-boat transfers, airdrops into the Bahama Islands or commercial shipment through the port of Miami.
