PDF (Cocaine dossier) - DrugScope

6popu lari ty of coca i ne use by youngpeople in the capital, this could hec,iiise for concern. At present, ofcourse, we lack the epideniiologicalsystems to dlow reliable identificntionor confiiniation of such theoi-ies.The clubber upperThe fear of coui-se is that cocainepowder hrls 'ilways had a high tachemiong recreatioii'il drug users - andits falling price (while purity reniainspretty constant) ni'iy time opened upthe mxket. While coc'iine powdertypically retails at t50-65 per gi-mi,anecdotal ,iccoiints suggest th'it ,it It"~st\vithin I.ondon, cocaine powder isoften ;ivrl i lab le i n tid f grmi nieasii resfor as little ,is t20.'l'his puts it wellwithin the rexh of many people whoare looking for a relinble cluhbei-upper.Our concern is tIi