• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Probably not weed. Where is weed sold in single gram increments? At least in the US, the most common increment is 3.5 g which is also an eighth of an ounce.

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      2 days ago

      Lol wherever high-school kids and budget minded people buy weed. That is where you buy in gr increments. Also any store I have ever been in has sold grams.

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      3 days ago

      Ohhhhhh, British Columbian and ex professional here on this one.

      Personal “bulk” sales are usually some in 1/8ths (3.5 grams) or more but in stores, the first page of their lil booklet is usually half or full gram pre rolled joints.

      Admittedly, for what it’s worth, first time I saw this meme in the wild was at a pot shop while buying a pre rolled gram.

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      3 days ago

      You are either young or have middle class dealers. In 2007, you definitely did buy weed by the gram, and hydroponic stuff could be $20-$30 per gram in some areas if supply was scarce. Of course, places with competition had better prices, but some rural areas really price gouged.

      Ghetto dealers often sold bags by the price alone. $10 was usually 2 grams to an 8th of either backyard weed or Mexican weed that often had little bits of twine and the occasional Hispanic hair in it from when it was put in a bale and taken across the border. Some dealers would also sell nickel bags ($5) that was .75 to 1 gram—basically just enough for one blunt.

      I have been glad that I’ve gotten to see the weed industry evolve heavily over my lifetime, and I know that I only see about 20 years of it. I’m sure the old heads from the 70’s would have real stories to tell. In the words of Bill Burr, “you used to buy your weed by the pillowcase.”

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        $30 a gram?!? I was paying $35 for 1/8ths of top shelf stuff in the rural western US in 2007. Then again, the rural west is where all the good stuff was grown pre-legalization.

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          2 days ago

          The struggle was real, and there was a lot of variance in prices back then. $30 was in Denton, Texas where they knew they had a captive audience. It was cheaper in Dallas, and much cheaper in Austin.

          As they say in real estate, “location, location, location!”

          For what it’s worth, I didn’t pay that price very often—I’m no rube, lol.