This is another one of those "only a writer would ask" type of questions, and probably a bit of a long shot even on here:
I'm trying to work out how much the street price of heroin was in 1990(ish) in England and how much a day an average user would get through so I can figure out the rough cost of a week's worth.
Google has me with about 3gm lasting 10 days but it's not clear if that's for pure heroin (which my guy wouldn't be able to get hold of) or the cut-with-ratpoison stuff sold on the streets at a price then of about £20 for half a gram. If that's street price and 3gm lasts 10 days I make that 2.1gm for a week or about £85 worth. That doesn't sound expensive enough to me, but I really wouldn't know.
On the vague off-chance anyone knows better, I'd love to hear it - It doesn't have to be totally accurate obviously, but rough ballpark would be good (obviously I'll respect the confidentiallity of PMs if someone can help but doesn't want to talk about this openly).
EDIT: Character has never used before but is being made to inject and I want him to be pretty much mashed out of his head for the whole week so may need him to use more than that?
I'm trying to work out how much the street price of heroin was in 1990(ish) in England and how much a day an average user would get through so I can figure out the rough cost of a week's worth.
Google has me with about 3gm lasting 10 days but it's not clear if that's for pure heroin (which my guy wouldn't be able to get hold of) or the cut-with-ratpoison stuff sold on the streets at a price then of about £20 for half a gram. If that's street price and 3gm lasts 10 days I make that 2.1gm for a week or about £85 worth. That doesn't sound expensive enough to me, but I really wouldn't know.
On the vague off-chance anyone knows better, I'd love to hear it - It doesn't have to be totally accurate obviously, but rough ballpark would be good (obviously I'll respect the confidentiallity of PMs if someone can help but doesn't want to talk about this openly).
EDIT: Character has never used before but is being made to inject and I want him to be pretty much mashed out of his head for the whole week so may need him to use more than that?
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