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LinguiniAficionado t1_ixuw1zg wrote

Reply to comment by sckuzzle in Three arrested with 100 pounds of fentanyl in Mattapan apartment, DA says by FuriousAlbino

According to mass state law, the entirety of any mixture containing a drug is counted as that drug, because they intend to sell the mixture. So yeah, you’re totally right to point out that it’s misleading, but it’s not the police trying to “sound impressive”, it’s just the legal definition of what the suspects were in possession of.

And really, less pure = more profit, because they have 100 lbs of something to sell regardless of what it contains, and a higher proportion of that being a cutting agent rather than pure fentanyl means they have higher profit margins, so it makes the $100k even less significant to them.

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sckuzzle t1_ixuxt36 wrote

> the entirety of any mixture containing a drug is counted as that drug

for sentencing purposes. Laws can't change the physical reality of the world. And the physical reality is that there weren't 100 lbs of fentanyl there, no matter what some law says about how long someone should be thrown in jail for. And the police are absolutely still lying (not misleading) about how much fent there is. It's both not the "legal definition" and not the truth.

>And really, less pure = more profit

lol.

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Explorer_of_Dreams t1_ixwmpgr wrote

Fuck off trying to defend drug dealers. They're willingly selling 100 lbs of product they know will possibly kill their buyers and they don't care

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sckuzzle t1_ixwz111 wrote

Nowhere did I defend drug dealers.

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Explorer_of_Dreams t1_ixwzvz5 wrote

The police gave an estimation of the value the drug dealers had - one pretty lower that the full weight given. Just because you can't do basic math doesn't mean you have to call the people trying to take these murderers off our streets liars

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sckuzzle t1_ixx278y wrote

Ahh. So you're just mad I'm criticizing the police. Got it.

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