Just visited a pot shop for the first time.

"Joel Ness" (joelness)
06/06/2016 at 13:37 • Filed to: None

Does anyone find it as surreal as me? A wall of professionally bagged marijuana. With like, logos and barcodes and stuff.

DISCUSSION (48)

Sam > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:42

It’s so strange. What are the prices like at real shops, anyways? I tried getting my friend in Washington to check, but he refuses to set foot in one.

For Sweden > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:42

Welcome to legitimacy! Now pay the tax.

adouche > Sam
06/06/2016 at 13:44

generally $45 for an 1/8th of an ounce. Thats just a little more than $12/gram here in San Francisco.

Joel Ness > Sam
06/06/2016 at 13:46

I actually didn't look at the prices because I didn't want to buy anything (a conversation with the wife has to happen first). But the website was advertising $7 gram deals. Looks like between $25 and $50 an eighth.

Rico > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:47

I’ve never been in one but my uncle described it to me and it just seems so unreal that you aren’t hiding to buy it, almost normal.

Joel Ness > For Sweden
06/06/2016 at 13:48

Exactly. Which is fine. I'm all for taxing it. It's a great income source for states to fill budget gaps. Regulations in Washington are a little ridiculous though.

vondon302 > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:48

I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime but here we are.

Rico > Sam
06/06/2016 at 13:50

Cheap in Cali anyway. My uncle showed me the “menu” from his dispensary. 8ths are about $25-50 many times they have buy one 8th get one free. They have a rewards card too that you get points for each purchase. On Sundays they sometimes do a blow out sale on edibles that are about to go stale.

For Sweden > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:50

Regulations ... are a little ridiculous

Oh hi Donald Trump fancy seeing you here

Rico > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:51

$7 grams wow. NYC it’s $20.

Sam > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:51

That’s surprisingly reasonable. Street prices usually run about the same, $45/eighth, $80-90/quarter. Not that I would know anything about that. :)

1111111111111111111111 > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 13:53

Pretty cool right? I went in one for Xmas presents last year. Might have to go back now that I can buy oil.

Joel Ness > For Sweden
06/06/2016 at 13:53

Oh god. I can't believe I am having to try and predict what a PRESIDENT Trump would do about federal legalization.

1111111111111111111111 > Sam
06/06/2016 at 13:54

I got a bunch of grams, a sampler pack if you will. It was 8-14 a gram.

Frenchlicker > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:01

Start his own brand, call it the best, slap a made in America sticker on it when in reality it is only processed by a couple people in the US and grown by families of underpaid workers in Mexico or further south.

TheHondaBro > adouche
06/06/2016 at 14:04

I’m genuinely surprised recreational marijuana isn’t legal in California yet. Everyone smokes that shit for fun there anyway.

Joel Ness > Frenchlicker
06/06/2016 at 14:04

This, this right here is the inevitable invisible hand of the market when left unchecked.

Decay buys too many beaters > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:04

I was also totally surprised at how professional everything was. Considering that my only prior experience had been years before with super sketchy dealers or friends growing plants of questionable quality, I found the whole experience very positive overall.

I still felt like a criminal leaving with my brown baggie...

E92M3 > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:06

It was surreal the first time I went. So much so I had to turn around, and go home. It was the 1st legal day in Colorado, and the line was 200+ people long. I went back a month or so later after the initial frenzy was over. I was mesmerized by so many choices. I never had options before.

coelacanthist > Frenchlicker
06/06/2016 at 14:09

Actually he would probably set up a multi level marketing scam like his defunct vitamin brand where you mail in your pee and they send you pot optimized for your particular biology.

Joel Ness > Decay buys too many beaters
06/06/2016 at 14:09

Haha, yep. When I roll off out of the parking lot I turned into the road with a cap right behind me. I got a little nervous by instinct.

Sneaky Pete > TheHondaBro
06/06/2016 at 14:10

Not all of us. Many of us are drug tested to maintain our employment. I do wishould they’d legalize it, however, and tax the shit out of it.

Your boy, BJR > Sam
06/06/2016 at 14:21

I’m sure Sam STONER is a regular Dr. Alfred fuckin’ Carroll over here.

Spaceball-Two > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:24

I have punch card at my local shop. It’s like buy x amount of grams get a discount. It’s great!

Oran J Sands III > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:26

I’m sure it every bit as odd the first time I saw packaged latex novelties in the Adult section of the local bookstore (back in the 70's).

Frenchlicker > coelacanthist
06/06/2016 at 14:31

I could see him doing both and more sketchy things.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:35

Kinja'd!!!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:40

It is definitely weird. It smells pretty good, too... Not as good as a bulk tea importer/shop, but definitely up there.

Mind you, I’ve never used it (or any illegal drug), but I don’t care if others do, as long as they do it responsibly.

TheHondaBro > Sneaky Pete
06/06/2016 at 14:50

It’d be a great way to fund desalination plants, which California admittedly needs.

450X_FTW > Sam
06/06/2016 at 14:53

Prices are higher, but quality is WAY higher since it’s basically botanists growing the plants in labs, not that shady guy down the street who grows it in his attic

450X_FTW > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 14:54

Next thing they need to make, is a weed breathalyzer. Only then will employers understand the difference between being high on the job and high 3 weeks ago on a Saturday night at your home.

Sneaky Pete > TheHondaBro
06/06/2016 at 15:06

Some road repair would be nice too since the state continues to not generate enough income as-is to keep our roads maintained (or they just pilfer the money and allocate it elsewhere. This is probably more likely).

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > 450X_FTW
06/06/2016 at 15:18

THIS.

Tripper > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 15:34

It’s wild! I’ve been to Amsterdam, but the shops in the US particularly Colorado are totally different. Just like you say (logo’s and bar codes) and the variety! Candy, Cookies, Soda, Gum ...! Then the people behind the counter can tell you what makes you go up, go down, laugh, sleep, anxiety...

I was in CO for my bachelor party a few months ago. I walked into a shop and the guy asked if he could be of assistance. I said “I’m from Philly, it’s my first time.” He laughed and said “ok, let me give you a few minutes to take it all in.”

Rico > Joel Ness
06/06/2016 at 20:54

Truth be told, doesn't making recreational weed legal make cops lives easier? I'm sure they'd rather not waste their time dealing with petty bullshit like that. I'm sure the cops during prohibition felt the same way once alcohol was allowed to be manufactured and sold again.

Rico > Tripper
06/06/2016 at 20:55

That was the perfect response to give a first timer lmao

Rico > Spaceball-Two
06/06/2016 at 20:59

Hey since you actually go frequently, do you know what they charge for oil cartridges used with Ecig pens?

Spaceball-Two > Rico
06/06/2016 at 21:27

Looks like 40-50

http://www.musthavemenus.com/places/higher-…

Rico > Spaceball-Two
06/06/2016 at 21:51

Bruhhhhh I never said OMG so many times out loud. Damn you guys have it made, that menu is nuts. What is the bong buddies-phat panda thing on the flower menu, like random pick?

Rico > Spaceball-Two
06/06/2016 at 21:56

Just read the whole menu, I hate you so much.

Spaceball-Two > Rico
06/06/2016 at 21:58

Haven’t tried that yet. I usually keep two indica and two sativa on hand. Right now I’ve got Blue Cheese, Permafrost and Pineapple chunk. Smoked the Permafrost last night after a long hot day of yard work and it’s real nice. My wife was so ripped.

Rico > Spaceball-Two
06/06/2016 at 22:02

I’ve got some Girl Scout Cookies and a cartridge holding me down, I mostly only burn on weekends and use the vape on my day to day. Been burning for over a decade but my tolerance is still pretty low, I can’t finish a whole L to the face I’ll clip it at least once and come back to it later. Saves money tho!

My girls sister bakes edibles so she always holds me down with cookies and brownies but I can only eat those on days I'm not doing SHIT, pure couch lock.

Spaceball-Two > Rico
06/06/2016 at 22:07

Yeah edibles wreck me. It’s tough for us because we won't smoke until the kid is down for the night. I don't get enough chill out and enjoy the ride time.

Rico > Spaceball-Two
06/06/2016 at 22:20

I feel you some of my friends have kids and it’s the same for them. Edibles when done well definitely put me out but when they are done bad it’s such a waste it’s like it wears off in an hour. Thanks for the link, you've given me hope lol

Joel Ness > Rico
06/07/2016 at 18:28

I’ve heard a Portland cop say something like that. She wanted pot to be legal. She was tired of having to enforce that law.

greenagain > Rico
07/09/2016 at 01:53

You’d think so but it makes a handy “ probable cause “ . I’ve read that most pot busts these days are while behind the wheel.

wkiernan > adouche
07/09/2016 at 19:24

Is that a good price? I suppose the pot they sell in legal shops is only the top-shelf stuff, where three puffs send you into the ozone.

Not legal in my dumb hick state. Not yet, maybe not ever. Dumb hick voters here in Florida are too stupid to do what everybody should have done forty years ago.

adouche > wkiernan
07/11/2016 at 13:23

The pot here is consistently really good. Bottom shelf stuff can be really cheap too, around ~25$ for an 1/8th.

All I can say is florida’s time is soon to come. Until then, just make trips to pot friendly states.