Libyans ‘fighting drug dealers for our country’

In Libya, a dose of LSD or the painkiller tramadol costs 78 cents, and a joint of cannabis is 7.80 dollars. Here, drugs are affordable to the poor for a simple reason. “Slashing prices is a way to create demand and open up a market,” a Western diplomat tells IPS in Tripoli, the capital. “Prices will go up when enough people are hooked,” the diplomat, who works on defence and security, adds.

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