Damn, so a gram was like $550 back then (in 2026 dollars)?!

No wonder crack was such a big deal, no one would spend enough on coke to try it.

Which really lays a lot more of the blame not just for America's drug epidemic but even just the existence of modern cartels at the feet of the CIA, since they're the ones who started the crack epidemic.

That allowed cartels to scale up and be able to import to the point where a gram was less than $100 even if it melts at 208.

Edit:

Just shocked cocaine is apparently one of the most inflation resistant consumable products...

So about the price of a Steam Frame?

That's even crazier, I kind of assumed you just couldn't see it without being lit up and that glass stick was some kind of stir stick.

But you're right, it's a mercury thermometer you plug in.

The price is even more wild.