editorial comment The consequences of prohibition perhaps??? No, it must be because of Hollywood, the liberal media and Rush Limbaugh (well, he did pop by the dozens, so...)

Prices for cocaine and heroin have reached 20-year lows, according to a report released Tuesday.


The Washington Office on Latin America, which usually is critical of U.S. policies in Latin America, said the low prices called into question the effectiveness of the two-decade U.S. war on drugs.


A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the numbers were old and didn't reflect recent efforts in Colombia to curb drug cultivation.


The Washington Office on Latin America, citing the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, said the street price of 2 grams of cocaine averaged $106 in the first half of 2003, down 14 percent from the previous year's average and the lowest price in 20 years.


An official at the Office of National Drug Control Policy confirmed the figures, which haven't been publicly released.


A gram of heroin, which cost $329 in 1981, sold for $60 in the first half of 2003, the group said.

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