Will this replace the Economist's big mac index?
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:51:03AM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> [... and even this they manage to fuck up. Marijuana should of course be
> called cannabis or "weed" but not cannabis weed. Hip not is The Economist.]
>
> Drugs: High prices
> Sep 12th 2007
> >From Economist.com
>
> The costliest place in the world to get high is Japan, according to the
> United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime's annual World Drug Report. The
> street price of a gram of cannabis weed was $58.30 in 2005, over twice as
> much as in the next most expensive nation, Australia. Americans pay nearly
> twice as much as Canadians. Similar disparities occur in Europe. Although
> the Netherlands is the only Western country where cannabis can be bought
> legally, punters pay more there than in Germany or France. Prices are
> cheapest in developing countries, where enforcement is less strict.
>
> <http://economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9788419>
>
> Carl
>
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