A total effective sentence of 5 years 3 months' imprisonment for a mid-level street dealer selling ounces of high-purity MDMA over six weeks as part of a commercial operation is within the discretionary range, even if towards the upper end. The 2017 increase in the maximum penalty for methylamphetamine offences to life imprisonment qualifies the previously established equivalence between MDMA and methylamphetamine for sentencing purposes, though pre-amendment methylamphetamine cases remain informative comparators.
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