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Paying Too Much for Pot? Price Of Weed Website Has Answer
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 20, 2010
Modified Sep 20, 2010
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Ever get the paranoid feeling you're getting burned by the guy who delivers your marijuana? With the new website Price of Weed, there's a quick and easy way to compare and contrast the current cost of pot. Someday the website's founders say they're going to track vicissitudes in the marijuana market around the world, but for now they're content to kick back on the couch and deal with North America.
The data is culled from anonymous price submissions, with suspiciously high or low prices eliminated from the calculation. In New York state, the average price of an ounce of weed varies depending on quality: $449.58 for high quality, $327.48 for medium quality, and $185.84 for an ounce of skunky dog shit. $60 seems to be the going rate for an eighth of high quality weed in NYC, but that doesn't include tipping the delivery guy. [Via The Daily Dish]
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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