How to Spend Less on Legal Weed

While it is monumental fun to have any kind of legal access to cannabis, the green rush has sparked a wave of investment from venture capital . If you’ve seen what happens when venture capital gets involved, you can probably guess what happened next: the massive hiring of senior executives from predatory industries caused every cannabis consumer’s worst nightmare – high prices.

Not that there is nothing wrong with paying for good weed. In the past, high prices meant high quality and even better efficiency, but to the dismay of many consumers, this is not always the case in legal states, and middle and low prices are a special gamble. As a California health care consumer, I have found that when asked, many buyers do not recommend anything below the luxury / high end level, knowing they simply cannot vouch for it. Add 30% of general taxes in some states, and suddenly you’re paying more than $ 50 or more for a potentially cool product, and possibly a lot more. The infamous expensive state , such as Illinois, the most expensive state for legitimate recreational grasses , herbs ounce will cost you 50% more expensive than in the basement of discount, such as Oregon.

I recently met Natasha Przedborski, co-founder of Pussyweed, a cannabis accessories and propaganda brand, at the Hall of Flowers , which is arguably one of the industry’s most important partners . She agreed with me that the legal industry is in a pricing crisis.

“Inflation is definitely happening in both the legal and legacy market,” she told me as she launched the Punch Rocket preview. “Costs are now high for each link in the supply chain, so they reach the consumer. Flower prices in New York are going up because California prices are going up and we all know where [New York] buys its wares. I see 100 eighths of flowers in New York – and people pay for it. This is [a markup of 150%]. “

No one says rare and powerful foods aren’t worth their salt – or their coins – but simple availability is harder than ever. While I can’t tell you with a clear conscience to return to the untested and risky underground market, I (with the help of a few cannabis luminaries) can share some strategies to make the most of what you buy and increase your stock.

GYO (this is “grow yourself”)

If you’re in a state with home growing regulations, planting your own plants is truly a viable strategy for saving money. Some outdoor plants can provide about a pound of cannabis or a year’s supply for all but the largest consumers. It’s not hard to grow your own, but it’s not that easy either. With the right growing medium, sun, special fertilizers, and water, they’ll do the trick, but outdoor plants are also vulnerable to pests, including weed thieves.

Houseplants require a lot more in terms of supply and planning, and since they use your electricity bill as their energy source rather than the sun, there are some additional hidden costs. But for people who like a good project and don’t have the sun, climate or gardening skills to grow a big old tree outdoors, indoor growing can be a rewarding, beneficial and stronger flower (if you get a good result).

However, any method requires investment, and Przedborski personally found GYO a challenge: “I tried to grow my own when I first moved to Los Angeles. I bought a cultivator clone that I loved and thought it was a great way to save money. I won’t lie, it was a disaster. If you want to grow delicious buds, you will need a lot of work and infrastructure (in other words, money). ”

But there is still hope. We head of the Department of products Raw Garden Khalid Al-Nasser said about home grown, budgeting and concentrates cannabis – all of its areas of expertise.

“Every time, when you can grow something of their own, [it is] standing occupation” – told me to Nasser. “I strongly believe that everyone should invest in growing some of the foods they like – whether it’s the herbs on the windowsill or the cannabis plant in the backyard.”

Vaping Can Increase Your Stock

Maybe you don’t have room to grow, or maybe it’s illegal in your state. For you, more direct clues, such as why a scale is an essential piece of equipment for any enthusiast, will be a more efficient way to save money.

Raw Garden is known for its high quality concentrates, and every time you take something from a can without weighing it on a scale, the dose remains a mystery.

Moreover, while Al-Nasser prefers the very aromatic and sticky fruits of his labor in the form of drip concentrates, he finds other methods more cost effective. “I usually turn to vape carts to expand my product while traveling,” he said. Perhaps you prefer the old, tried and tested methods?

“When I was younger and an avid flower smoker, I bought weed, weighed it and rolled it into individual joints to limit consumption for a week,” said al-Nasser. said. “A quarter ounce could be turned into 14 half-gram joints, or half an ounce could be made into 14-gram joints, which meant I had two for every day of the week.” In other words: planning, planning, planning.

Use every piece of the joint (or switch to glass)

Another old reserve is frankenjoint, which involves taking all the cockroaches in a day, week, or whatever and cutting up paper to collect a small piece of grass inside. You can usually get an extra huge joint for every 5-10 roaches, and I personally will never forget how A $ AP Rocky told Desus and Mero “we are still doing this” and made New Yawk proud .

Like Rocky, Pussyweed’s Przedborski and I went through weird times when we were poisoning in New York; There were days when you had to really hold out if your “helper” was not working or (often!) Unavailable.

She recommends “getting rid of seams and dead ends.” If you’re short on bumps or money, you’ll want to stick with glass. Save everything from stems to your leader. You can brew tea with THC or even make your own hashish with all the leftovers if you really want to get creative. “

Przedborski also loves to clean up used vape pens. “In the early days of vape carts, I would take paper clips and scoop up any remaining oil. You can fold it into hinges or bowls for extra fun, or mix it all together to make a new cart. ”

DIY edible products

If you are more into edibles or tinctures, you are already saving money if you do it yourself: an eighth of a flower can be used to make 700 mg of food or oil, and it only costs twice as much as most 100 mg packs of commercial food. Plus, homemade cooking leaves you with an oily herb called raffinate, and you should never throw your raffinate away if you’re on a tight budget. While this flower is not complete, it definitely contains cannabinoids. Freeze what is left over from the butter or butter preparation until you have about a pint to work with. You can eat this wasted weed with dishes that mask the green crunch, or oil it again for a low dose remedy. My personal favorite trick is to turn the raffinate into a pesto with fresh herbs and olive oil, then freeze it in four ounce servings to make a magic paste whenever I want.

While marijuana can be expensive right now, some believe it is temporary. As soon as market realities weed out the people who receive money, it is hoped that it is those who invested in the plant, and not just its profits, who will manage the industry, as it was before legalization. Wishful thinking is possible. And while they smoke, if you can afford them.