The state had originally charged Glass with both drug possession and distribution, but Glass moved to dismiss the charges, arguing double jeopardy applied. (Biggie actually offered a slightly different version of the adage-" Never get high on your own supply"-but this minor misquote is not grounds for an appeal.) song "Dopeman ," and the 1983 film Scarface. The decision cited the line's appearance in "Ten Crack Commandments," as well as a 2002 episode of The Wire, the 1987 N.W.A. "To that rule, we now add the legal caveat: 'Don't get high on your own supply, 'cause double jeopardy don't apply.'"
"'Don't get high on your own supply' is a long-established rule of the drug trade specifically because such conduct is inconsistent with the criminal objective of distributing drugs for profit," Justice James Shea wrote for the majority. The court disagreed, citing a lyric from Biggie Smalls' 1997 song " Ten Crack Commandments." Glass argued that a state charge of possession of the same meth constituted double jeopardy. The Montana Supreme Court has ruled against Bruce Glass, who is serving a nine-year federal prison sentence for distributing methamphetamine.
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