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LONDON - Street prices for class A drugs in Britain have halved since Labour came to power, dropping almost every year since 1997, Government figures confirm.
Newly released statistics show that heroin cost as little as £40 ($100) a gram in 2007, just over half the price it was 10 years ago. Cocaine was £45 a gram, down from £71.
The shadow home affairs minister, James Brokenshire, says the figures show "10 years of failure" of Government drug policies. "The figures are startling and shocking and show the reality of drug use in Britain. It's an indictment of Government strategy over the last decade. Sadly, there is not much prospect of improvement," he said.
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