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Originally Posted by Pants
An 8-ball is an 8th of an ounce. I'm not sure, but I believe that's the standard amount of cocaine one usually obtains for personal use.
An "eighth" is a also the standard amount of marijuana one would usually procure for personal use.
These are obviously not metric. However, I do believe when it comes to distributing these sort of things, the standard unit of measure of cocaine is a "key," which, of course, is a kilogram. Conversely, marijuana is usually counted by pounds.
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Somewhere along the line, it appears that some guy is accepting shipments in kilograms and then repackaging in ounces. If you can convince that guy to keep using metric on the outbound side, I bet the metric system would gain some traction, at least among investment bankers and strippers.