It varries state by state. West coast is actually really cheap, but east coast where I am is much higher. I also think the longer its been available helps pricing as well since we have been dropping little by little each year and I dont even think its that bad anymore. I basically just buy the sale items now. Normally our joints are single but 1g for anywhere from $8 to $30. Ounces are probably double what your prices are if you get a good sale or buy shake otherwise the standard is about $90 for a quarter (used to be $100) but can go as low as $50-$60 on sale. I generally buy concentrate and i can get them as low as $25-$30 for 1g which used to average $50 just a few years ago.
I don’t buy much, the 1g concentrate is small, cheap, very strong, and lasts me a month or more and im fine with that. Normally everyone i see who is buying stuff in store buys way more though.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Not from the states, but I guess you might be interested in the situation in other countries too, so here’s what its like in Germany:
In Germany you usually pay between 3-10€ per gram. And you can get quite the bang out of your buck, if you buy it through the medical system*, you can get weed with 29% THC for a price starting at 2,95€/g**, and I recently got 36% THC for I think 5,50€/g.
I am not sure how the prices in the blackmarket are, but I hears there prices from 10-15€ per gramm are still somewhat usual, although I find it hard to believe.
*In Germany selling weed ist still illegal, except for medical use. With the leaglisation the boundaries to get a prescription for weed have dropped massively, so we now got a funny system with online doctors and pharmacy’s, where you have to fill out a form, where you explain your “symptoms”, and get a prescription in return. It even went this far, that online pharmacies are advertising with same day delivery of tour weed.
** On top of that comes the price for the prescription (10-15€)
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
That’s interesting to know. Here in Canada we had medical exemptions for weed which was pretty simple to get, but it’s kind of pointless now since it was legalized in 2018 anyway. A medical exemption now really only covers the amount of weed you can grow for personal use. Normally we’re allowed to grow up to 4 plants, but if you have an exemption you can grow more at a time.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The medical exemption also gives access to the older gen dispensaries, which can have better prices/options.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 7 hours ago
Oh, there is even more fun stuff I forgot. You can grow up to 3 plants at a time, however at the same time you are only allowed to own up to 50g in total and you can carry a maximum of 25g.
I have no idea, what they thought, when defining these limits, but they are literally nothing.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Ours are pretty dumb that way too, I think our limit is 30g dried pot, or 150g of what they call “fresh” (wet) allowed to be carrying in public. At home limits vary from province to province, but for the most part they’re not much better.
The laws were obviously written by people who have no idea what they’re doing and don’t make much sense. A couple good plants can easily make more than the limit. I’ve had pot plants taller than I am. The only good part about that is the cops don’t really care, so unless they’re looking to screw with you it’s not a big deal.