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Kosovo, cheapest narcotics in region

Tue, Sep 23 2008 15:58 CET byKrenar Gashi, Pristina
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Kosovo has the lowest street-market prices for narcotics among all Balkan countries and drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin are affordable even for teenagers, Balkan Insight can reveal.

Narcotic prices in the newborn country are the lowest in the region, when compared with prices in neighbouring countries.

Police sources show that a gramme of heroin in Kosovo can be found for as little as €10. In Bosnia and Herzegovina the same quantity of the same drug is priced at between €15 to €25, in Macedonia between €25 and €40, while in Albania and Serbia from €25 upwards.

Cocaine is also cheap in Kosovo where prices for a gramme vary between €50 and €80. In Albania and Serbia it's sold between €70 and €110, while in Macedonia and in Bosnia between €60 and €100.

Albania leads the regional market with cheap marijuana, sold as low as €4 per gramme, whereas in other countries it costs between €5 and €10, according to police.

Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia this February, is a transit route for drugs smuggling into Europe. Its population of some 2 million people is not seen as being a strong market for narcotics.

Cocaine

Heroin

Marijuana

Kosovo

€50 to €80

€10 to €25

€5 to €10

Serbia

€70 to €100

€25 to €35

€5 to €10

Albania

€70 to €110

€25

€4

Macedonia

€60 to €100

€25 to €40

€5 to €7

Bosnia

€60 to €100

€15 to €25

€5

Table 1: Prices of narcotics in Balkan countries. Source: BalkanInsight.com

Source: BalkanInsight.com

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