A kilo of cocaine, which is 2.2 pounds. Or approximately 34 ounces equates to 952 'grams'

From the source in Colombia, Costa Rica, and other source nations the cost of a kilo of coke is possibly produced for hundreds of dollars per kilo, and sold for possibly $1200. to $1500 a kilo (give or take). The Cartels sell it to major dealers (the mafia, N'drangheta, independents) for $2500-$4000 per key.

They in turn "wholesale" it to individual traffickers for $15,000-20,000 per key. And from there forward, every person who 'touches' the package adds $1000 to $2000 per step of the way.

The fellows on the 'semi-wholesale-retail' level, who actually break it down, add some Inositol to stretch it, and then parley out on the street by the 'ounce' sell ounces anywhere from $1200 to $2800 on the streets of America. (depending upon the era, availability of product, market rates, etc).

And then the 'street' dealers sell little 'gram' bags for whatever the going rate is on the street at the time.
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Its the same way with junk, except that with heroin the numbers at each level are skyrocketed proportionately. In the 1950s, a kilo wholesaled for $50-100,000 (maybe). In the 1970s, a kilo of junk went for $200-250,000. And on down the line!

The major jump in price is NOT buying it in Colombia. There you can get it cheap. The MAJOR jump in price is when it hits americas shoreline. Or other nations. Because the process of smuggling is so precarious that many loads at 'lost' to confiscation. When it hits America the prices jump accordingly.

That is why so many guys are tempted to go into the business. And that is why so many guys are serving life in prison! Bad shit