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(1) Drug Purity - DEA Form 7 (1) The presentence report will normally provide drug weight purity information from DEA Form 7. This is a complicated form. *Total net weight" (normally in Item 31) refers to the amount of the pure drug. This is the weight used in calculation of the Commission's seventy rating for your information, "gross weight is the weight of the drug plus adultcrants plus the container (normally found in Item 24). Also normally found in Item 24 is "net weight" (the weight of the drug plus adulterants). "Strength" (the percent purity of the drug) is normally found in Item 28. Multiplying "net weight" x "strength" is how DEA arrivesatthe "totalnet weight". Remember, "total net weight isthe weight of the pure drug to be used in assessing the Commission's severity rating, (2) If a presentence report does not specify "total net weight", the probation officer should be contacted for clarification (please be specific as to the clarification necessary, this will enhance feedback/training). Note: DEA lab reports (DEA Form 7), if necessary, also may be obtained directly from the DEA field office for the geographic area in which the offense occurred. If a request to the DEA field office is required, provide the subject's name, date of birth, place of offense, and dates of offense. (@) If neither weight nor purity is available, but only a money value, DEA may be requested to provide an estimate of the amount of pure drug associated with that money value. In the absence of a specific estimate from DEA pertaining to the particular case, DEA publishes a report (Domestic Drug Prices) providing estimates of average drug prices by year and region from which an estimate may be obtained (h) Determining Offense Severity Relative to Stople Possession of Drugs. In certain cases, the Commission must determine whether the offense behavior should be considered as "simple possession of a controlled substance or "possession with intent to distribute." In making this determination, the Commission shall examine a variety of factors (if available). These factors are shown below. The presence of any of the following factors may be considered as a presumption of possession with intent to distribute. However, this presumption may be rebuted if there are circumstances in the individual case which indicate that there was no intention to distribute. (1) Weight mouent purity of the substance: Possession of the following amounts of controlled substances are presumed to indicate possession with intent to distribute: Heroin 1 gm. at 100% purity, or equivalent amount or more Cocaine 5 gms. at 100% purity, or equivalent amount; or more Marijuana 10 lbs. or more Hashish 3 lbs. or more Hash Oil 3 lbs. or more Drugs (other than above) 1,000 doses or more. (2) Other Fadors: The presence of any of the following factors may be considered indicative of intent to distribute: (A) the substance has been separted into multiple, individual packets; (B) the offender is a non-user of the substance in question; (C) the presence of instruments used in preparing Terms marked by an asterisk are defined le Chapur Thirteen 11/15207 Page 60 of 337