Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA), 4 Nov. 8 a Drug Suppression Team agent purchased an "eight ball" of cocaine - or about four grams - for $300. Green Bay Press-Gazette (Green Bay,WI), 18 Jun. 1985īanerdt is accused of selling an "8 ball" of cocaine to an undercover officer for $320 on Jan. The Post-Cresent (Appleton, WI), 22 Apr. How is 8 ball used?Ĭuthbert allegedly sold "an eight ball of cocaine" to an undercover agent for $350.
The term appears to have originated in the mid-1980s, at least in print, and, as the citations below indicate, the going rate for such an item at that time ranged from $300 to $350. An 8 ball (also commonly called eight ball) is approximately an eighth of an ounce (ranging from 3 to 3.5 grams) of an illegal drug, most often cocaine.
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