A sentencing judge may not depart from the established classification of ecstasy as a middle range drug on the basis of anecdotal evidence or media reportage; expert pharmacological or toxicological evidence is required. Sentencing for drug importation must not be approached by arithmetical calculation from sentences for offences in a different quantity category attracting a different maximum penalty. An offender who cooperates with police is entitled to be sentenced on the basis that the cooperation was genuine, absent evidence to the contrary.
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