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Report on cocaine, heroin prices suggests U.S. is losing war on drugs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Pablo Bachelet
WASHINGTON _ 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 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 ...
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