Cocaine price 'set to fall more'

Angela Hager

Cocaine is becoming cheaper in Europe. According to the UN drug smugglers are using new routes through the Balkans and West Africa. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) says that the price drops will continue unless the supply is curtailed.

The route switches were to avoid the British and US Naval Patrols.

Is this increasing amount of cocaine within Europe, thus making it cheaper, caused by the open borders within the European Union? If it was more difficult to get legal goods through borders, would it be more difficult to get cocaine through?

The costs and benefits must be weighed. It might be too dangerous to have such open borders with so many countries. However, is the ease of goods, services, and people through Europe worth the risk of cheap cocaine?