Pubdate: Mon, 4 May 1998
Source: Toronto Star (Canada) 
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STORY ON DRUG LABS DEMONSTRATES POOR MATH SKILLS, DESCRIPTIVE POWERS

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