News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: PUB LTE: Story On Drug Labs Demonstrates Poor Math Skills, Descriptive P |
| Title: | Canada: PUB LTE: Story On Drug Labs Demonstrates Poor Math Skills, Descriptive P |
| Published On: | 1998-05-04 |
| Source: | Toronto Star (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 10:52:58 |
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
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
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