because the law has defined "intent to distribute" purely by the amount of drugs you have. They don't have to actually prove intention to distribution. Really

because the law has defined "intent to distribute" purely by the amount of drugs you have. They don't have to actually prove intention to distribution. Really it should just be called "possession of a lot of drugs." The reason the laws were changed was that it was tough to convict someone if you had to actually show they intended to sell.