Why are some drugs sold Imperial and some in Metric weights?

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  1. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    In England ,which is Imperial , but with Metric
    weed is fractions and ounces
    speed and coke are grams
    America is more Imperial than us , but it has coke in kilos and grams.

    But why was there a split between the products between Imperial and Metric?

    Is it because COlombia ( coke)is metric and anything synthetic is metric too?

    Will the EU eventually force all weed to be sold in grams?

    ( scratches head...)
     
  2. nesta

    nesta Banned

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    -most- black market drugs i know of are sold with a combination of metric and imperial systems.

    there is a standard, agreed upon conversion most drug users know.

    1 ounce is roughly 28 grams (slightly more, but it won't convert perfectly. this is the standard though)

    so the fractions are also easily converted into grams

    1/8th is 3.5g, 1/4 is 7g.

    both coke and weed are sold this way. if youre talking about high quality weed or hashish, its not uncommon for it to be sold by the gram along with being sold in eighths of an ounce.

    of course with coke you'll hear an eighth often called an eight ball or just a ball, and its also sometimes sold by the sixteenth (half eighth, teener, teenth....1.75g)


    it really depends on who and what you're dealing with. acid will not be sold in this manner anywhere, except when dealing with the very uppermost portions of the market.

    there is very little different between how coke and marijuana are sold. its just coke is so much more expensive and as such people buy smaller quantities than you usually buy with marijuana.

    but its not uncommon to see pot or hash sold by the gram here, either, if its particularly high quality.
     
  3. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    U are in the US?

    Hmm , yeah but I just wonder is it that weed is imperial because it largely comes from Imperial countries.
    Either way , its weird that coke and synthetics are metric- in Britain and America - where both are Imp.

    In England we have an 8th of weed ie 1/8th of an ounce.
    Cheapskates will buy a "Louis" - which is a 16th - after Louis the 16 th( french King).LOL
    We dont use phrases like 8 ball etc- didnt know you are Imperial with coke too.
     
  4. nesta

    nesta Banned

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    no, weed is grown everywhere.

    it doesnt matter at ALL where it comes from.

    it matters where it's sold.

    i'm sure in colombia and other cocaine producing countries, nobody cares about how many ounces or pounds of cocaine they have, just kilos.


    but those are NOT consumer weights in the us, and in the us not too many people other than BIG time drug dealers will buy more than a couple ounces at a time.

    smaller quantity, less bullshit in describing and envisioning it. its easier for americans to know what a quarter pound of coke would be like rather than 112 grams or whatever it is
     
  5. praxiskepsis

    praxiskepsis ha!

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    Yeah, the coke comes from Latin America. So we know what THAT's about.
     
  6. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    our weed tends to come from North Africa ( Morocco) , Jamaica and places like Pakistan , which I think was Imperial.Altho theres some home grown and European grown.
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    Praxis what u mean about the coke?
     
  7. jerry420

    jerry420 Doctor of everything Lifetime Supporter

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    up here in new york if you're gonna buy in bulk we deal in quarter pounds...half pounds and straight up pounds...anyting smaller is in ounces and grams......i like the metric way better actually...i dont like getting fucked over by shady punks...and i like seeing the weed weighed on the spot...zero the fucking bag assholes!
     
  8. IthacaSkinz

    IthacaSkinz Banned

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    I'd rather do something constructive with my time.
     
  9. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    ill second that one.. the things kids let dealers get away with nowadays.. then they think they can pull that shit with everybody..
     
  10. IthacaSkinz

    IthacaSkinz Banned

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    Jerry, is your name Josh and are you from Ithaca?

    You look familiar.
     
  11. jerry420

    jerry420 Doctor of everything Lifetime Supporter

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    nope,
    my name is Jeremy and im from Johnsburg...
     
  12. IthacaSkinz

    IthacaSkinz Banned

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    I swear you have a twin.
     
  13. jerry420

    jerry420 Doctor of everything Lifetime Supporter

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    eh, it happens...

     
  14. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    Yeah his twin's a cop ; )
    Dont buy anything.

    Only joking
     
  15. Jimmy P

    Jimmy P bastion of awesomeness

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    I've always dealt in metric. last year I had to buy in imperial for a while, so I'd just tell them how much money I wanted to buy for, problem solved.
     

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