News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: PUB LTE: Story On Drug Labs Demonstrates Poor Math Skills, Descriptive P |
| Title: | Canada: PUB LTE: Story On Drug Labs Demonstrates Poor Math Skills, Descriptive P |
| Published On: | 1998-04-05 |
| Source: | Toronto Star (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 10:47:40 |
A short local news story, Durham seeks tips on hydroponic drug labs
(April 27) shows bad math skills and poor descriptive powers by your
reporters.
Marijuana is not a narcotic, in law or practical life. A light-bulb
in the basement is not exactly a laboratory.
A single plant weighing 115 grams is not worth $2,500 on the black
market. Your figures suggest that marijuana is worth $21.73 a gram.
That's an error of fourfold.
That's like saying the Monday edition of The Star sells for $3 when in
fact it sells for 75 cents (outside Metro).
Roddy Heading
Niagra-on-the-Lake
(April 27) shows bad math skills and poor descriptive powers by your
reporters.
Marijuana is not a narcotic, in law or practical life. A light-bulb
in the basement is not exactly a laboratory.
A single plant weighing 115 grams is not worth $2,500 on the black
market. Your figures suggest that marijuana is worth $21.73 a gram.
That's an error of fourfold.
That's like saying the Monday edition of The Star sells for $3 when in
fact it sells for 75 cents (outside Metro).
Roddy Heading
Niagra-on-the-Lake
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