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So are drugs.

by truantbuick 10y ago

So are drugs.

danmaz74 10y ago
Lol why?
- Nexxxeh 10y ago
  From what I understand, cocaine and other harder drugs are sold by the gram at an end-user level, and by the kilogram at the street distribution level.
  - madaxe_again 10y ago
    Conversely you by weed in imperial units, pretty much everywhere - except Amsterdam, where you buy in 7g increments (28.3g in an Oz).
    - kuschku 10y ago
      In Northern Germany, it's definitely in grams. That much I know, considering half of my high school used to talk all day about that.
    - uxp100 10y ago
      Well, 7g is about a quarter oz, so it's still imperial influenced at least. And in the US, we often refer to imperial amounts by their gram amounts as well. Especially in legal states I feel. Usual amounts are 1 gram, 3.5, 7, 14 and so on, lining up with the old, small amount ("dime"), eighth, quarter, and half o.
    - gwildor 10y ago
      I think it's just in grams. You're "allowed" to carry 5 grams on you, so 7g wouldn't make sense.
    - Symbiote 10y ago
      I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure it's sold per gram in the UK. The American units sound very unfamiliar to most British people under about 40 years old. 3/8 oz? Road speed is still given in miles per hour, but anything where fractions or calculation might get involved (cooking, measuring furniture, drinking spirits) is done using metric units.
      - ascorbic 10y ago
        In the early noughties it was certainly in ounces, though it may have changed in the past decade.
    - imgabe 10y ago
      That used to be the case, but lately I learned the gram is becoming a common unit for weed - replacing the dime bag. The eighth is still common, as in (1/8 of an ounce) but now measured as 3.5 grams. It's a weird mix right now.
    - mschuster91 10y ago
      In Germany, it's common to measure drugs of all kinds, including dope, in (kilo/milli) grams (kg if you're talking about some serious shit, mg for the synth stuff).
  - mediocrejoker 10y ago
    As a counter point, buying marijuana as a teenager was the way I learned that there are 28 grams in an ounce and 16 ounces in a pound.
- ragebol 10y ago
  Those are measured in grams and kilos Source: movies & TV. I have 0 experience with drugs.

So are drugs.

danmaz74 10y ago

Lol why?

Nexxxeh 10y ago
From what I understand, cocaine and other harder drugs are sold by the gram at an end-user level, and by the kilogram at the street distribution level.
- madaxe_again 10y ago
  Conversely you by weed in imperial units, pretty much everywhere - except Amsterdam, where you buy in 7g increments (28.3g in an Oz).
  - kuschku 10y ago
    In Northern Germany, it's definitely in grams. That much I know, considering half of my high school used to talk all day about that.
  - uxp100 10y ago
    Well, 7g is about a quarter oz, so it's still imperial influenced at least. And in the US, we often refer to imperial amounts by their gram amounts as well. Especially in legal states I feel. Usual amounts are 1 gram, 3.5, 7, 14 and so on, lining up with the old, small amount ("dime"), eighth, quarter, and half o.
  - gwildor 10y ago
    I think it's just in grams. You're "allowed" to carry 5 grams on you, so 7g wouldn't make sense.
  - Symbiote 10y ago
    I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure it's sold per gram in the UK. The American units sound very unfamiliar to most British people under about 40 years old. 3/8 oz? Road speed is still given in miles per hour, but anything where fractions or calculation might get involved (cooking, measuring furniture, drinking spirits) is done using metric units.
    - ascorbic 10y ago
      In the early noughties it was certainly in ounces, though it may have changed in the past decade.
  - imgabe 10y ago
    That used to be the case, but lately I learned the gram is becoming a common unit for weed - replacing the dime bag. The eighth is still common, as in (1/8 of an ounce) but now measured as 3.5 grams. It's a weird mix right now.
  - mschuster91 10y ago
    In Germany, it's common to measure drugs of all kinds, including dope, in (kilo/milli) grams (kg if you're talking about some serious shit, mg for the synth stuff).
- mediocrejoker 10y ago
  As a counter point, buying marijuana as a teenager was the way I learned that there are 28 grams in an ounce and 16 ounces in a pound.
ragebol 10y ago
Those are measured in grams and kilos Source: movies & TV. I have 0 experience with drugs.