Sentences of 4 years' imprisonment for trafficking in a commercial quantity of 1,4-butanediol (1.75 times the commercial quantity) are within range where the offender has significant prior criminal history and committed the offences while on bail and subject to a community correction order for similar offending, notwithstanding the low profitability of the drug, the offender's traumatic background, youth, and early guilty plea. The comparable sentencing range for trafficking in commercial quantities of 1,4-butanediol is 2.5 to 5 years' imprisonment, with lower sentences available where there are no relevant prior convictions or unusual mitigating features.
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