Who Says Prices Are Going Up?

According to the LA Times, a gram of pure Afghan heroin will set you back about $90.00 here in Los Angeles. At approximately 10 cents per milligram, a nice 5-mg jolt (a typical hit) of this Afghan smack will cost you about 50 cents and just might kill you with its purity (shoot up only 1/2 to 3/4 of what you're used to, just to be safe). However, elsewhere in the country, overdoses will occur because their non-Afghani heroin is spiked with fentanyl, which is about 5 times as potent as pure heroin.

How's that law-enforcement approach to drug abuse working out, DEA? Prices for heroin and cocaine have dropped at least 80%, and the number of drug dealers going to prison still soars. At least the price of premium marijuana is still through the roof, thus sparing our youth from that most dangerous scourge of all.

ADDENDUM: I do not mean to imply by my comment above that I believe kids should be encouraged or permitted to smoke marijuana. Like alcohol, marijuana is not for children.

Happy Birthday, Son

Well, it's the boy's birthday again. I wish he'd stop having these things. It makes me feel old (hell, I am old -- who am I kidding?). Neveretheless, I couldn't be prouder. Happy birthday, son. Let's go to Chuck E. Cheese and play some Skee-Ball or something.