Likely results: They’re fratboys at Columbia. Value: Either astronomical (which, given the results of the marijuana mathematics in play at Columbia, is a possibility) or standard for incredibly mediocre blow. Street Price: $60-$70 for a gram and $200 for an 8-Ball of decent blow. If our reader is correct, and the rate of $200/8-Ball or $70/gram is indeed the going rate, with good-quality cocaine the dealers would have pocketed around $2,285.71 (116 percent more than what was reported) or $2,800 (163 percent more than what was reported), respectively. That said, our equation still works but clearly only for mediocre-at-best cocaine. Otherwise, the masses pay like $60-70 a gram of what’s considered good although it’s still not the raw. You sure about these numbers? Is this in pesos? Also, if those numbers are right, can I please have the number of your dealer? NOW? $200 if you know someone and it would be of medium-upper quality. Remember, kids: Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Drug dealers and people who buy coke also use the term 8 ball to. Songs They Probably Should Have Sold Drugs to But Didn’t: Get that mirror off the wall! Time to spin Clapton’s “Cocaine” (obviously) and the first song from Blow, which is a coke-jam if there ever was one: An 8 ball of coke is 3.5 grams of cocaine, which is one-eighth of an ounce or 25.34 grams. Value: Generally decent, better if you’re an attractive woman and/or an asset to better grades. New School kids, on the other hand, will probably take whatever they can get their hands on. Unless the coke is shitty, but I sincerely doubt they sell shitty coke to Columbia students. Seeing as how the average 8-Ball is by definition 3.5 grams, you’re actually getting a decent deal up there. They probably gave hot girls and TAs a little more, and freshmen and “Barnard Bitches” a little less. The most likely scenario? A fixed price of $100 for about 3.63 grams, a sales rates which would equal $1101.92. But coke dealers probably aren’t carrying change - unless these guys wanted to get caught that badly - and were more likely to be paid for their product in “flat numbers.” If that’s indeed the case, buyers could have paid $30 for 1.1 grams of Uncle Charlie (because 0.1 grams of coke costs $2.50), but if that were the case for all the coke purchased, at $1,100, the dealers would be left with 3.4 grams of coke. So, how much does cocaine cost at Columbia University? ĬhiChi! Ju gaht de yayo? Undercover cops were sold 40 grams of blowcaine for $1,100, which comes out to $27.50 a gram. Luckily, via Columbia’s BWOG, understanding the numbers of the busts also gives us a chance to understand how much drugs cost at Columbia! It goes without saying, but The Village Voice, Village Voice Media, and Runnin’ Scared do not endorse the illegal use or purchase of drugs, and no drugs were harmed purchased or used in the making of this blog post.
Words We're Watching talks about words we are increasingly seeing in use but that have not yet met our criteria for entry.Holy Scarface! Five Columbia University students/fratboys were busted this week for selling all kinds of crazy drugs at school. The suspect demanded an "eight ball" of heroin, money, and the keys to a truck, said Henry, who doesn't own a truck. Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA), 4 Nov. 8 a Drug Suppression Team agent purchased an "eight ball" of cocaine - or about four grams - for $300. Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay,WI), 18 Jun. 1985īanerdt is accused of selling an "8 ball" of cocaine to an undercover officer for $320 on Jan. The Post-Cresent (Appleton, WI), 22 Apr. How is 8 ball used?Ĭuthbert allegedly sold "an eight ball of cocaine" to an undercover agent for $350. The term appears to have originated in the mid-1980s, at least in print, and, as the citations below indicate, the going rate for such an item at that time ranged from $300 to $350. Side effects: The side effects of cocaine abuse include, appetite & weight loss. An 8 ball (also commonly called eight ball) is approximately an eighth of an ounce (ranging from 3 to 3.5 grams) of an illegal drug, most often cocaine. Slang: The street names for cocaine include coke, blow, yayo, 8-ball, and snow.
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