Abuse unit

Texas law defines "Abuse unit" thus (Health and Safety Code, Title 6, Subtitle C, Chapter 481, Subchapter A, Section 481.002):

(A) except as provided by Paragraph (B):

(i) a single unit on or in any adulterant, dilutant, or similar

carrier medium, including marked or perforated blotter paper, a

tablet, gelatin wafer, sugar cube, or stamp, or other medium that

contains any amount of a controlled substance listed in Penalty

Group 1-A, if the unit is commonly used in abuse of that

substance; or

(ii) each quarter-inch square section of paper, if the adulterant,

dilutant, or carrier medium is paper not marked or perforated into

individual abuse units; or
(B) if the controlled substance is in liquid or solid form, 40 micrograms

of the controlled substance including any adulterant or dilutant.

The most well-known substance in "Penalty Group 1-A" is LSD. The term "Abuse unit" is used in order to fairly prosecute possession or manufacture of drugs that are usually dosed with blotter paper (and other hard-to-measure mediums).

"Bro—Kady just boofed five abuse units of LSD!"