Pubdate: Sun, 05 Apr 1998
Date: 05/04/1998
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
Author: Roddy Heading

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