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Old 11-20-2004, 09:47 AM
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Default pharmaceutical costs on the street

my g/f is beginning work on her thesis for economics program. she's focusing primarily on the costs of treating drug addiction for state and federal.

she's also doing a comparison of prescription drug costs for individuals with insurance, without insurance, and purchases on the black market.

can anyone recommend some good sources for costs like these. specifically, prescription drugs being sold on the street. what are the average costs of things like valium, xanax, ativan, ambien, sleeping pills, klonopin.

i have some experience in the past with opiate meds on the street, but additional info on street costs for percaset, morphine, oxycontin, vicodin, even demerol would be very helpful.

thanks.
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Old 11-20-2004, 02:00 PM
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If you haven't already, check out erowid.org they are a great resourse for info on all recreational drugs, with a whole section dedicated to pharms. It's not comprehensive, but it's a good place to start and they have a lot of links. You may also run into problems because prices can vary greatly from region to region based on availiability, demand and local economic factors. hope this is of use to you.

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Old 11-20-2004, 03:51 PM
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thanks for the response. I'll limit my inquiry then to the following:

Anyone know the standard street cost in Los Angeles city area for:

Oxycontin
Percaset
Vicodin
Valium
Xanax
Morphine
Demerol
Ativan
Ambien
Temazepam
Klonopin

I guess per mg cost would be simplest, but any example would help. Thanks.

Also any experience with street value for liquids or inj. wou


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Old 11-21-2004, 01:55 PM
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hey i live in the la area and know a lot about what ur trying to figure out.ok as for your list:
oxycontin is .50 to 1$ per mg
percacet same as oxy(same drug)
vicodin is .40 cents per mg
valium is 1-2$ for 10 mg
xanex is 2-4$ for 2 mg
morphine sulfate .50cents mg
demerol is not really a street drug probly the same as oxy
ativan and klonopin and all those benzos are typically 1-4 dollars per pill.hope this helps u im very interested on ur g/f thesis let me know if u need any help at all this is my area of expertese.good luck
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Old 11-22-2004, 04:17 PM
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Drugstore.com will give you prices for prescription meds without insurance.
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