Word: demand
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...fact, the smuggling industry has been so effective that cocaine prices might have fallen further. But the entrepreneurial response among street-level dealers was to begin moving crack. The smokable, highly addictive form of the drug has increased demand and sales volume...
...dent in the drug-smuggling apparatus. But in recent weeks the vastly increased tonnage of captured cocaine has been generating some anxious rethinking about the scale of America's coke problem. Reason: since cocaine is essentially a commodity, its price follows the same basic rules of supply and demand that apply to wheat, soybeans and pork bellies. When supply is abundant, prices fall; when there is scarcity, prices rise. Ominously, the huge U.S. seizures in the past few months, along with the Colombian government's crackdown on the Medellin cartel, have done almost nothing to boost the price...
...that interdiction is mainly a symbolic effort. Its lack of results underscores the need to intercept cocaine in other places. Specifically, the document recommends a stronger effort to cut cocaine off at both ends of the pipeline: the source of the abundant supply as well as the seemingly insatiable demand...
...another first, a top communists held out the possibility of free elections, a major demand of those who have demonstrated for democracy...
...order to meet an increased demand for research in this era of high costs, a well-educated technical workforce is essential, Bloch said. Unfortunately, he said, there is a nationwide trend away from quality education in the sciences, both at the pre-college and undergraduate levels...