Deadrat wrote:
> "_ Prof. Jonez _" wrote in news:65a3jjF2f20tbU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> Deadrat wrote:
>>> tjab@wam.umd.edu (tjab) wrote in news:fsj4hc$75t@rac1.wam.umd.edu:
>>>
>>>> In article ,
>>>> Deadrat wrote:
>>>>> tjab@wam.umd.edu (tjab) wrote in news:fsis64$4i2@rac1.wam.umd.edu:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article
>>>>>> , Larry
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <650sjbF2cc93pU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>>>> "Reality_Check©" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Larry" wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:x-B01332.01562527032008@earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...
>>>>>>>>> In article <650pveF2dcsonU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>>>>>> "Reality_Check©" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Larry" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:x-EDB477.22171526032008@earthlink.vsrv-
>>>>>>>>>> sjc.supernews.net...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Possession of half a gram (not much) is a class D felony,
>>>>>>>>>>>> P.L. 220.06.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you look at the statute closely, unlike the other
>>>>>>>>>>> weight-based cocaine charges, this must be 500 milligrams of
>>>>>>>>>>> PURE cocaine. Since street-level cocaine is far from pure
>>>>>>>>>>> (generally, anywhere from 40-80%),
>>>>>>>>>>> generally people are in possession of far more than a gram
>>>>>>>>>>> for this statute to actually apply.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> More Larry the Liar bullshit.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If a 1/2 gram of PURE is the standard, and by your own
>>>>>>>>>> assertions "street-level"
>>>>>>>>>> cocaine (is that P Diddy level, Martha Stewart or Britney
>>>>>>>>>> Spears level?) is
>>>>>>>>>> 40-80% pure,
>>>>>>>>>> then possession of as little as 6.25 TENTHS of a GRAM of
>>>>>>>>>> street level cocaine qualifies
>>>>>>>>>> as a felony.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How is 40% to 80% of 6.25 tenths of a gram over 500
>>>>>>>>> milligrams? Your math, like your thinking, is backwards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That about sums up the level of your "expertise".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lets see if you can follow:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) one tenth of a gram is .1 grams, or 100 milligrams.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) 6.25 tenths, then, is .625 grams, or 625 milligrams.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) I said 40% to 80%. So lets look at both of those numbers:
>>>>>>> 3a) 40% of 625 milligrams is 250 milligrams.
>>>>>>> 3b) 80% of 625 milligrams is 500 milligrams.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I ask again - how is How is 40% to 80% of 6.25 tenths of a
>>>>>>> gram over 500 milligrams?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice game of three card monte, Larry, but the real question is,
>>>>>> how is 6.25 tenths of a gram "far more than a gram?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Suppose that possession of more than a pound of meat is illegal.
>>>>> You buy some nice porkchops. The butcher weighs your purchase --
>>>>> 20 ounces -- you pay at the register, and the meat police bust
>>>>> you at the door. Down at the police lab, they trim your
>>>>> porkchops of bone and fat -- remember it's only the meat that's a
>>>>> problem -- and reweigh.
>>>>> 13.5 ouinces. You're off the hook and swear that this time you'll
>>>>> stick to being a vegan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who fails to see that your purchase was far more than a pound, but
>>>>> ended up not violating the law.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hands?
>>>>
>>>> Did you have a point?
>>>
>>> If the discussion is over your head, don't put up your hand.
>>
>> So tell us how 1.05 grams of cocaine is "far more than a gram".
>
> Sure, I'll try again.
>
> People who are busted with more than a gram of illegal powder that
> they weren't fast enough to put up their noses might not be in
> possession of more than a gram of pure cocaine.
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