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• Consumers who had drug samples tested with DIMS in 2008 and 2009 paid between
2 and 20 euro per gram of amphetamine (average 6 euro), which was about the same
as in 2007 (Van Dijk, 2009).
Ecstasy
• According to key observers in the social scene, the price of Ecstasy in 2006/2007varied
between 2 and five euro per tablet. This is less than in 2004/2005, when it was
between 3 and 8 euro per tablet). The price drops according as quantities purchased
increase, and rises for higher concentrations of the active substance. However, in
clubs, dealers charge 10 euro per tablet (Nabben et al., 2007a, 2008).
• The average price paid by clubbers in Amsterdam for Ecstasy declined from €5.50
in 2003 to €3.60 per pill in 2008. In 2008, the average price of an Ecstasy pill from
a mobile phone dealer and a home dealer was cheaper than when purchased in the
social scene (€2.7 compared to €3.3) (Benschop et al., 2009).
• In 2008 in Amsterdam, an association was found between the price per Ecstasy pill
(origin unknown) on the one hand, and the number purchased per transaction and
the purity on the other hand (the higher the MDMA concentration, the more expensive
the tablets) (Benschop et al., 2009).
• Consumers who had Ecstasy tablets tested with DIMS in 2008 paid an average of
€2.50 per pill in 2008, and in the first half of 2009 they paid an average of 3 euro,
ranging from 1 euro to 10 euro per tablet. In 2006 and 2007 the average price of an
Ecstasy tablet was around 3 euro (Van Dijk, 2009).
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