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• Little is known as yet about a comparable situation in the Netherlands or in other
European countries. Based on available data and the situation in late 2009, there is
a real possibility of similar occurrences in the Netherlands, but a large-scale public
health risk is thought to be unlikely (CAM, 2009).
Figure 3.6 Percentage of cocaine samples with mixing agents, from 2005
60
%
50
40
30
20
10
2005 2006 2007 2008 1 st half of 2009
Caffeine Lidocaine Procaine Phenacetine Diltiazem Levamisol Hydroxyzine
Source: DIMS, Trimbos Institute.
Prices
Figures from the national Trendwatch-monitor, the Antenne Monitor and the DIMSproject
give an indication of the price paid by consumers for a gram of cocaine.
• According to key observers, socialising juveniles and young adults who purchased
cocaine in 2006/2007, paid on average 50 euro per gram, although prices varied
from 35 to 60 euro per gram (Nabben et al., 2008).
• These figures tally with the prices paid by users in 2007 for cocaine samples submitted
to the DIMS-project (25 euro minimum and 75 euro maximum per gram of cocaine
powder, with an average price of 45 euro per gram). These prices close to those
reported in 2008, i.e. 48 euro per gram on average, with a minimum of €30 and a
maximum price of €70.
• In 2008, clubbers in Amsterdam who use cocaine paid on average 48 euro per gram
to so-called ‘06-dealers’ (dealing via mobile phone) – the most common source of
procurement. Prices paid to dealers operating from home and in the social scene were
a little lower (43 euro and 41 euro respectively). Compared to 2003, average prices
for a gram of cocaine in the social scene had dropped sharply, but remained stable
for 06 and home dealers (Benschop et al., 2009).
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