A total effective sentence of 7 years and 6 months for a mid-range user-dealer who pleaded guilty on the fast track system to multiple drug offences involving 3,201 MDMA pills, 58.75 g of methylamphetamine and 84 g of cannabis committed over approximately two months was held to infringe the first limb of the totality principle. The appropriate total effective sentence in the circumstances was 6 years' imprisonment. When reducing an individual sentence solely for totality, the reduced sentence should not be treated as the appropriate sentence for that count in isolation.
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