As If I Didn't Have Enough Yo Worry About...

[dales]

California medical cannabis customers could be losing about 25 percent of their precious bud purchases to poor weights and measures at the register. Now, state regulators are stepping in.

This June, the California Division of Measurement Standards released a brochure for the state’s roughly 2,500 weed shops — telling them to upgrade their scales and prepare for snap inspections.

High-grade medical cannabis can wholesale for up to $5,000 per pound and retail for up to $20 per gram. Low-quality scales can mis-weigh such a tiny bag of pot by a large margin, generating “dramatic overcharges (or undercharges),” the Division states.

Cannabis buyers should be on the lookout for “Class II” scales, which are 10 times more accurate than Class IIIs. California is in the middle of regulating its multi-billion medical cannabis industry. The California Division of Measurement Standards’ job is, “Ensuring fair competition for industry and accurate value comparison for consumers.”

By 2018, the Division will be performing snap inspections where “The inspector will bring precisely calibrated test equipment such as test weights and volumetric measures to test your scales and packages containing liquid products. The inspector may also test your scale and then use it to verify “net content” during package inspections.”

The new weights rules also apply to “cannabis cultivators, product manufacturers and other persons that package and label the net quantity of cannabis products; … distributors, transporters.”

Effective January 1, 2018, licensed “Weighmasters” will help track and certify the state’s legal crop.

Thanks to regulations, consumers can expect a baseline standard for packaging as well, with requirements from the Division, as well as the California Departments of Public Health, Food and Agriculture, and Consumer Affairs.

[Bicycle Bill]

If someone would have told me back in the 1970s, when I was in my early twenties and still in college, that one day the government would be cracking down on marijuana dealers because the buyers might not be getting full and honest measure when they bought an ounce or two, I would have suggested that they were absolutely nuts.

-"BB"-

[Lord Jim]

Gee, you can't even trust drug dealers nowadays...

What's this world coming too?

[oldr_n_wsr]

$5000 per pound!?!?!?!?
Holy crap!?!?!?!?!?!?
When I was a pot head (and dealer) it was $200-$500 per pound (depending on type and time of year).
Of course that was a very long time ago.

[BoSoxGal]

Holy shit really??? It's $200-$500 an ounce now!

[oldr_n_wsr]

I remember selling for $40 an ounce and making a pretty nice profit, at least enough not to have to pay for my own usage. (which was pretty big at the time).
That was in the late 70's early 80's.

[dales]

NorCal cannabis is some of the best in the world.

Believe me, compared to the hybrids for sale today...... the sh!t that was going around 20 years ago is garbage.

One good hit is all that is needed for at least an hour or two.

Oh yeah, I pay $60 per eighth.

[kristina]

One good hit is all that is needed for at least an hour or two.

or in my case, about 12 hours...most of which would be spent sound asleep.

[BoSoxGal]

NorCal cannabis is some of the best in the world.

Believe me, compared to the hybrids for sale today...... the sh!t that was going around 20 years ago is garbage.

One good hit is all that is needed for at least an hour or two.

Oh yeah, I pay $60 per eighth.

Really? I got a high quality ounce of MJ in San Diego for $250, back in 2009. Hard to believe it's going for almost twice as much just 7 years later. Legalization driving the prices up?

[dales]

No.

Quality costs money, this is medicinal MJ.

[BoSoxGal]

Medicinal in Montana was $300/oz. I'm sure it wasn't as good as what you folks have available in Cali, but it was pretty good - helped a lot with my MS symptoms.