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Police Discover World's Most Expensive Marijuana

Wed, Jul 09, 2008 9:09 pm

During a routine traffic stop in Ohio, police discovered over 100 pounds of the most valuable marijuana ever documented:

Police curbed the gray, four-door Mercury Grand Marquis Ruci was driving after he allegedly committed a lane violation, the highway patrol statement indicated. A specially trained, narcotics-detecting dog was brought to the scene, and its reaction to the car signaled the presence of drugs, the statement said.

A search of the vehicle yielded 104 pounds of hydroponically-grown marijuana stuffed inside eight black plastic trash bags. Police said the marijuana had an estimated street sale value of more than $4.7 million. [Naperville Sun]

This is really an incredible discovery and I'm surprised it hasn’t generated more attention. At $4.7 million for 104 pounds, we're talking about an ounce that's worth $2824.51! That just blows away everything listed at High Times's market quotes section, where ounces of high-grade marijuana in Ohio last month were listed at $400. It also overwhelms the STRIDE data collected by drug enforcement officers showing that U.S. marijuana prices averaged around $200 per ounce as of 2003.

So far, I haven’t heard of anyone smoking this new type of marijuana, but that's probably because the police took it all.

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Ok, enough. In case you haven't figured it out yet, this marijuana isn't worth $4.7 million. The police maybe got a little carried away and reporters don't doublecheck their numbers on things like this. It's happened before.

The problem is the numbers are so far off here that it really takes the crime to a different level, an inaccurate one. They magnified the value by a factor of 10, roughly, if the smoker-submitted street prices at High Times are realistic (my guess is they're the most accurate numbers available). The Naperville Sun, The Toledo Blade, and local ABC News grabbed the story, with The Sun even rounding up in the headline, "Driver arrested with $5 million in pot". Ironically, the $300,000 they added for the headline is much closer to what it was actually worth. Police also stated that it was "hydroponically-grown," but they admitted not knowing where it came from, meaning they can't be sure how it was actually grown. Perhaps they just like to say "hydroponic," in which case they're certainly not alone.

Amidst the numerous tragedies and injustices caused by our nation's war on drugs, the tendency to exaggerate drug seizures is a minor one. But it's annoying, it happens a lot, and it might even have the unintended effect of encouraging people to think growing marijuana will make them a millionaire.

Action Alert: (Updated) Let's respond to this by contacting the papers that reported it and letting them know they've been pushing a false headline. Here are a few of them:

Cleveland Plain-Dealer: send a letter/comment here

ABC News send a letter/comment here

Toledo Blade send a letter/comment here.

Naperville Sun send a letter/comment here.

You can send more or less the same comment to each, but be sure to include the appropriate link for their coverage, so they know what you're referring to. And, of course, be brief, on topic, and polite.

Update 2: Fascinatingly, The Chicago Tribune has the story, but leaves out the claims that the marijuana was valued at $4.7 million. That was the headline elsewhere. Could it be that Chicago Tribune was suspicious of the numbers?

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505DESinaloa

Aug 4 2009, 6:36 pm

Todos aki estan vien pendejos....100 libras de mariguana no es nada yo visto trailes yennos de pura kush....y la libra de kush aka en california esta a $2,000....y la oz la puedes dar $150 esos pishis pulicias solo exageraron los estupidos

potcircle123

Jul 21 2009, 12:35 am

PRICES IN JERSEY SUCK 20 A G

Bored

Jun 27 2009, 10:43 am

okay so i dont even smoke but its all over in the U.S. im around it constantly and im down to chill while someone smokes a bowl but those prices are ridiculous here in Indiana you can get good mids 20$ for an 1/8 so 2900 for an Oz is crazy why spend that much moe on weed that cannot possibly be that much better?

elhefe

Jun 23 2009, 7:43 pm

"popcorn" is sinsimilla rappers and hiphoppers gave it the name "popcorn" definitlly not reggie but definititlly not dro

MINNESOTA HOME GROWN

Jun 19 2009, 12:59 am

MAN FUCK THIS DUDE FROM TEXAS THATS RIGHT UNDER ME HES TALKIN ABOUT SOME STRAIGHT COMERCIAL SOME FUCKIN REGS UR GETTIN WAY HIGH BUCKED ON UR TREES COEM UP TO THE MIDWEST GET SOME FLAMES. AK 47 WHITE RYNO NORTHERN LIGHTS TRAIN WRECK WHATEVER U WANT WE GOTS FLAMES FUCK IT IM OUTTIE.

DALLAS TX HUSTLA

May 9 2009, 3:19 am

I DONT KNOW WHAT YALL TALKN BOUT, BUT HERE IN DALLAS,WE SMOKE THAT CORN, 50 DOLLAZ FOR A HALF OZ OF THAT CORN OR 100 FOR A OZ.250-300 FOR THE QP, 450 FOR THE HALF, AND 800-900 FOR THE WHOLE BOWL..IT COMES IN LIL ROUND BUDS..AND IT GIVES A HYDRO ODOR

bmoney

Apr 23 2009, 11:24 pm

im a king..i get better weed then all you lil punks i get 25grams for 10$ of some stright droski that shit that puts you on your ass..but uh holla at the king

6Death6Wish6

Feb 17 2009, 7:43 pm

in a little hood in fort worth, you can get an oz of chronic for a bill

CMon

Feb 14 2009, 10:41 pm

All of you are idiots...

I think of the Jeru the Damaja song,,,, I NEVER KNEW HUSTLERS CONFESSED IN STEREO, AND ON VIDEO....

anyone who brags about weed and what they got knowing their IP addressed can easily be accessed,,is a fucking idiot! plain and simple

I dont smoke pot and I have nothing at my house =)

I'm not dumb as you fuckers...lol

vjiced

Feb 14 2009, 12:24 pm

hhahaha im from quebec canada and ounze of hydro costs
110 dollars, exterior cost 60-90 dollars, indoor 90 100
aero cost 140-170 so stop saying that shit is worst 5 million dollars

WooHoo

Jan 31 2009, 3:56 pm

You all need some of this Medical shit! Make you a crack head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WoooooooHooooooooooo!!!!!

LaLa

Jan 7 2009, 1:55 am

as far as I can see you all need a life agrueing about street price obviously its all going to be different depending on who you are, how much your getting, who your getting it from, where you live, and the quality.. hell I need a life just reading this nonesence. the point is yes the law enforcement over exaggerates street prices. to scary mommies and daddies.. so unless your paying 100 bucks a gram to even come close to the estimated price.. in conclusion, pigs are dumb, yu all are dumb for even fighting over this, and Im dumb just for replying to any of this bullshit. so street prices of marijuana are... *drum roll* DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE

icanadd

Jan 1 2009, 8:29 pm

you dumbass motherfucker put the joint down and use your fingers to add it up buddy

smokeurblueberry

Jan 1 2009, 6:25 pm

if it was real dro then they under priced it
it came out to 10$ a gram pretty cheap dro

fruge

Dec 31 2008, 8:02 pm

south texas orange and red haired bud is only $25 an ounce

hewillsaveus

Dec 31 2008, 4:33 pm

wow all you kids bitching about pot prices... its ridiculous. dont say your shits the best cause youve never seen anybody elses weed or anyone elses weed in other states. i mean pittsburgh gets some alright shit, easy to find, and its never garbage. mids is always 5 a g cause thats all its worth eighths are 20 and its usually 4, quarters 35, halfs 55, o's 100. we dont get our heads beat on good shit either... not that taxed if you know someone.

B Dubb

Dec 30 2008, 5:45 pm

Who the fuck told you guys an 1/8th is 3 grams,its 3.5,hence a 1/4 being 7 grams,dipshits.prices round here= kind bud(in/outdoor)=220 oz any kind of dank(haze strains,kush strains,grandaddy purps,dogshit etc. go for 4-450 at most per oz,and thats only if your buyin one Oz.

where J-Boy Ohio at

Dec 7 2008, 8:50 am

where jboy at i in columbus lookin 4 bud

CanadaPot

Nov 14 2008, 6:57 pm

You in Toronto, you can get 1.5g of Orange Kush for $10 and an eighth for $20- $25.
And thats what i get in 10th Grade bitchezzz

Bulldog

Oct 24 2008, 1:04 pm

Just moved from San Francisco, why is it so hard to find something in Dallas?

Grizzle

Oct 14 2008, 10:31 am

man i dont know what the fuck yall are talking about, but down here in H-town texas we get that fire for dirt cheap. a quarter of mine weighs out to 11gs and all we pay is 20, and on that good good we pay 10 a g of some chronic so all this is some bullshit texas of course holding it down.

flying high over Ohio

Jul 29 2008, 3:46 pm

shut up you bitch ass bitch ass bitch. Don't be mad because your life sucks.

What what what

Jul 27 2008, 9:58 pm

But they must not have grammar schools....

flying high over ohio

Jul 20 2008, 10:30 pm

Man ima make this short Ohio rocks and u don't wanna fuck wit us.

what IS a dime, really?

Jul 17 2008, 10:16 pm

around here, a dime means a gram or gram and a half if lucky, 10 bucks, or 20 bucks if it looks good, but still, only a gram, 3 grams is an "8th" for 25 or 30, 7 is a quarter, 14 is a half, basically we're paying $1 per each .1 of a gram, that sucks, it sucks bad, especially if the prices I'm hearing here are true, I thought that's how it was everywhere, those are the prices eveyone here's giving, exept now most people don't bother selling less than a quarter, so it's hard to buy anything. it's tough out here in MA. I believe there needs to be a standard agreed apon national price so we stop overpaying for regular bud. and why is slightly better bud twice the price? it doesn't get me twice as high, I still smoke as much as I would, even though they say I only need to smoke half as much, that is a MYTH! but im still paying 2 to 2and a half as much for good weed. 100 for a quarter? fuck that. plus it's usually just two 8ths in one bag, thats about 6 g's for 100! it's rediculus! either I'm moving to a new state when i can or vacationing somewhere so i can buy a bunch and sell it here, but i'd feel horrible about ripping people off the way i've been ripped off. plus i like this state otherwise. but damn i hate paying this much to smoke! FUck I'm so pissed off!

zach

Jul 17 2008, 5:30 pm

HAHa you two dumbass's are bitchin about some shwag ass herb, mids is mids anyway you look at it kid, just because nugs are colorful doesnt mean there smokin, and damn you make yourself look stupid when you talk about your friends 30 year old g13 plant, g13 came around in the late 80's early 90's. Oh yea and tis no government strain, most people thank washington state university, or university of mississippi. You really need to get your facts straight, you make yourself look stupid when you dont knw what you are talking about.

J-Boy

Jul 17 2008, 1:46 pm

dude ur fucking stupid 1.5 grams is 5 dollars or in other words 1 blunt. Two 1.5s is 3.0 or in other words a dime. But I am getting sold 3.4 for a dime. Our 15s are about 4.8 grams. A twenty is about about 6.4 grams. Our quarters are sold for twenty five dollars. Those are about 7.9 grams. A regular quarter here goes for 7.5 grams smart guy and guarntee mother fucker ur weed is not better than ours right now Im holding onto buds that are nothing but red and white hairs and is almost purple that's our MIDS and don't make me have to shut u up even more I'm about to get alot of g13 on the low prices. And if ur wondering wat g13 is its government experiamental weed. My friend on Chillicothe Ohio has a plant that is probabaly older than u. The plants have been cloned from the early 70s so u aren't smarter than me in the weed culture tell me this smart guy how do u clone a plant. And don't be a lame and try to look up the answer.

happy im not in ohio

Jul 16 2008, 3:41 pm

j-boy you're an idiot. 3.4 for $10 and a quarter(which is seven grams i dont care where you live)for $25. you are getting charged five bucks extra for that second eighth(or dime if you live in ohio i guess) dipshit.

IrieJunglist

Jul 15 2008, 9:56 pm

Most of YOU out-of-staters' are smoking that schwagg, cheap compressed Stress grass. That's why YOU pay so cheap. Out here in the West Coast, Southern & Northern have it locked down with tha KUSH! I have been nothing but a Kush smoker for MANY years now & I wouldn't have it, any other way! I take this man sport seriously. Only the BEST! I get headaches with the REST. It only takes a little bit of the good stuff and it's the best in the WORLD! O.G. all the way. Maybe some Sour Hybrids, & fruity blends, Blackberry, oh yeah. I can't mess with 215 Clubs that don't know any better. On Venice Beach, there's a club that doesn't have wheelchair access & I am in a wheelchair. What kind of Medicinal place is that? Never will shop there.Some people really lie about caring about the DISABLED in this Business. Like some club I know in Long Beach that delivers. It went online because they got scared & I have been lied to about what I was ordering.Didn't get what was in the pictures! No more my friend.

J-Boy Ohio

Jul 15 2008, 2:05 pm

shit bro we get our blunts for five of course and their sold at 1.5 my dimes are at 3.4 grams and my quarters are sold for 25 to me. And out of the quarter I get five fat blunts. And my ounces are 100 so I get showed love by my fellow dealers. Hey if anyone lives in the franklin county of Columbus Ohio let me kno we can chill and smoke. O yeah this blunt here is for all my fellow smokers. Remember smoke friendly.

anonymous

Jul 15 2008, 1:10 am

if you look at the STRIDE table most of the ounces cost less if you just buy 28 straight individual grams, meaning you would lose money if you bought an ounce and dealt weed. How the fuck does that make sense?

Stoger Ohio

Jul 14 2008, 9:58 pm

yeah like my dude jboy was saying Ohio is the shit. We get all the hookups and have that good shit. We have the shit that that makes ur mind blow. I'm not dissin any other cities because were all in this and love to smoke but can't nobody dis Ohio . We have most the big highways so we get most the drugs coming through Ohio. Right now I have a kick ass dealer who hooks me up, shows alot of love, and gives us low prices for his major red imbedded buds. And something else the best cigarette to smoke after a blunt is a Newport shout out to Newports. But all I'm trying to say is smoke, live life, and stay. And another shoutout to Todd Butler R.I.P. So whoever reads this enjoy ur next blunt because it could be ur last ( and no pot heads I'm not a cop) just brother trying to smoke.

j-boy ohio

Jul 14 2008, 9:26 pm

Cali does not have the best shit around ohio is what it is about. We have the best mids around we can get g13 at a good low price b/c I am like family with my dude we got northern lights sour diesel we have mush green monster dank this shit called garbage that really slaps we have purple haze white ryno white widow silver haze Mexican back yard boggie sour kush frootie loops hydro ocasionally we get dirt but our dirt is better than ur dirt. But ur all FAM we all do the same shit. I don't kno why everyone that dosent smoke think were crimanals. Were not running over kids like drunkies do. I drink so don't get me wrong. Why drink a d drive when u can smoke and fly. To all my pot heads good luck finding that true killer. Peace out. P.s next time u blaze up blaze up for my dude tod he died recently he was a true pot head. Guerntee every one here would see him as a true friend and a true brother. Much love to everyone peaceout.

cuz2

Jul 13 2008, 9:18 pm

Why pay those ridiculous ass prices when you can grow your own HYDRO?

cuz2

Jul 13 2008, 9:14 pm

Jerame Garcia is a fucking dumbass. He needs to learn how to spell. It's retards like him who give stoners a bad name.

Highwater420

Jul 13 2008, 3:24 pm

Ok i know we all are paying rediculious prices for some bullshit ass herb and outragous prices for good herb,but some of us are not fortunant enough to grow good herb but payin 2,900 for an O!!Fuck that! For that price it better fuck me and suck me while im gettin high.If they told me 2900 i tell them to get bent,keep it fucker i dont need to get high that fuckin bad.but ill smoke a bowl with ya doe.That just goes to show that the law and press dont know what the fuck their talkin about.So my advise to them is Stay the Fuck out of business and let us get high without you fuckers fuckin with us and shit you dont know nothing about. love,peace and FUCK THE POLICE!

this is funny

Jul 12 2008, 8:39 pm

It's like im reading a bunch of tourist brochures talking about where the best bud is, comparing prices and names and whatnot. all I know is here in massachusetts we are paying too much for too little, $10 and 20 dimes that r stemmy as hell, or 40 an 8th for ok stuff, or 50 - 65 an 8th for "good" stuff like fruity loops, if it's around, or getting a gram of crap for 10, its always a choice between 10 a gram of shit, or double or even triple that for ok stuff, it's rediculus. someone needs to spread the good stuff to states in need at fair prices, or tell someone that it's not supposed to cost that much.

myface is numb

Jul 12 2008, 7:25 pm

alright im from az/cali and cali has the best bud no doubt. go to a medshop i dont know which one but look around for nepalese kush. haha seriously that will make you shit your pants. and as for az we get most of our bud from cali so what the hell do you want from me. phx 20g 55eighth 100q 160h 300z

everytime i drive by a cop i flip em off below the windows. they dont see it but its funny as hell haha

MDbudsRbest

Jul 12 2008, 6:37 pm

Come to anne arundle county, md...nugget captiol of the country!

Mr. Weedman in L.A.

Jul 12 2008, 6:28 pm

lol i been to the dallas/fort worth and i puffed on that hydro and on that popcorn white rhino blueberry that orang and purp but L.A. has the best shit go to L.A. and smoke some blue moon with some blue satellite or that master o.g. maybe some headbanger kush purple urkle its all good bud ya states should come visit the westcoast dont be scared to go to the hood.. florida .. texas.. are ya scared

ohio smoka

Jul 12 2008, 1:46 pm

ohios has had some of the best mids ive ever smoked to be honest.
shit, ohios mids beat the mids coppped in nyc by a long shot.
dank on the other hand, is so so ohio and A+ nyc

Mr. Weedman in L.A.

Jul 12 2008, 12:22 pm

lol ya people are funny come to L.A. and get medicated fuken dumbass go to the pharmacy and select wat u want.. in the streets i get an ounce of orange kush for $200 lol there you go states u cant fuck wit cali

Re:Florida boy

Jul 11 2008, 11:15 pm

IF you really had it everyday for that price posting comments online would be the last thing on your list because you would be makin weigh money.

melbourneflorida

Jul 11 2008, 11:04 pm

If you can't get weed in florida something is seriously wrong with you or you look like a troll. Get the kush or haze all day long from the beachside(near sebastian inlet) 300-350 for an Onion. Come See Us. Where there's waves there's Pot.

crazygreen

Jul 11 2008, 9:13 pm

its people like us that can make the diference in the World and in the future, go underground!!

SNOman

Jul 11 2008, 4:38 pm

i agree with the guy second from the top. here in central arkansas, its $20/8th, $50/half.

orlandoflorida

Jul 11 2008, 4:36 pm

20/half 35/oz for regs mids 25/q 80/oz like the guy at the bottem of the page that said he cant get weed in florida he is a fucking looser its every were and in bulk

floridaboy

Jul 11 2008, 4:30 pm

weed dont cost that much not even the best hash in the world cost that much in florida a pound of the best high grade is only 2500 for purple skunk and 3000 a pound of northin lights there aint a pothead on this earth that will pay 2800 an oz it insane P.S kill the black market grow your own

maxChron

Jul 11 2008, 4:00 pm

for the guy below me..i don't think their talking about Mexican shwag..

human sin

Jul 11 2008, 3:22 pm

here in vegas i been paying 20/8th, 30/half, 50/oz and it will get u high for hours off 1 bowl and taste great, i see that the stuff u guys been posting about and i think im getting great deals

bong

Jul 11 2008, 12:04 pm

bubble bubble, cough cough

WtF

Jul 11 2008, 2:05 am

Give me a break!

Just goes to show you what the Ohio PD really know...jack shit...hahaha.

Who in their right mind would dump a months work for an Oz?
That also gives you an indication of why the prices have been going throw the roof on our smoke.

Anyone care to figure just how much a small garden will cost on an average monthly basis and then how much time one would spend in a month in the garden.

Let's say you grow 10 plants at 1lb per plant.

Now tell me why are we paying so high a price, strenght is great but the high lasts 3hrs tops.
Why not grow some that would knock you back 5-6hrs like the old Columbian Gold or Red Bud.

But hey that's me and I would rather grow my own.

Jul 10 2008, 11:49 pm

Ha Ohio Man its 20 an 1/8th 30 a Quarter 50 a Half and 120 An OZ Some Very Nice Mids Too best i ever had

UmRight

Jul 10 2008, 8:50 pm

Western WA Has the best pot in the world! And thats it.

dro man

Jul 10 2008, 8:33 pm

i see cali be hating on texas but we get em by the ton sucka!!!!!!!!!!!!

drew

Jul 10 2008, 7:12 pm

Im up here in cali and I here u texas folks reppin about your weed lol....u aint got shit on cali....Next best thing besides the DAm get off Cali people we have the best in the USA

highbaby

Jul 10 2008, 6:45 pm

*i cant believe i jus read that...that makes me wanna slap every b!tch-cop i see!!* even though i wasent ganna smoke n e i feel for tha what would-have-been-(lucky) ones though. What a shameful-waste!! b!thch cops.

highbaby

Jul 10 2008, 6:39 pm

****(coughing)****

anonymous

Jul 10 2008, 6:01 pm

fuck the police

dro man

Jul 10 2008, 5:37 pm

here in dallas you can buy an oz of some popcorn for $100 and that's some good ass weed or dro for $350 an oz if you dont beleive me come down here an see what we about!!!!!!!!

and is...

Jul 10 2008, 5:06 pm

anyone surprised? Same shit, different cops. This lying crap has gone on for decades. Nobody really believes them any more. It's just more fodder for the DW's. Yawn.

peaceartdude

Jul 10 2008, 5:01 pm

those cops must have smoked some of that weed man, those prices are wacked out, dro is costy but come on man.

HighAsHell

Jul 10 2008, 3:44 pm

I'm in the midwest and an oz. of bomb dank is around 400, usually not more...the cops definetley exaggerated that price! Bud like that better get me ripped AND wipe my ass too!

mile high

Jul 10 2008, 3:16 pm

im in colorado and thats retarded theres a drought right now and people still aint paying more than 4400 for a lb of the best out there

mike marcotte

Jul 10 2008, 2:41 pm

i think it's obvious that the officers involved in the bust exaggerated the value of marijuana found. There's no bud on the planet worth that much.

Memphis Grown

Jul 10 2008, 2:29 pm

Well to bad u folks have to buy it all i have to do is open up the pickle jar and commist to the Diesel i hrvsd bout some time a year ago and still got bout 2 1/2 jars left and aint bought a lid since a year and a half ago so i wouldnt know todays prices anyway so i hope you get the point now KEEP TOKIN AND HOLD THE SMOKE LOL

smokey mcpot

Jul 10 2008, 2:10 pm

here its 25 an eighter 40 for a quarter and 80 for a half and 160 for an oz... that shit must get you high just from lookin at it.

white_lie

Jul 10 2008, 1:57 pm

lol...well we are in a recession.

benots420

Jul 10 2008, 1:47 pm

canada is the place to be 30 an 8th 60 a quarter 100 for a half and usually 180 to 200 an ounce this is some of the best shit i have ever tasted and i have been all over smoking the shit for 45 yrs b.c. is the place to be PEACE SUCKERS

bisquit

Jul 10 2008, 1:45 pm

I' like to tell you all of a place where tha weeds flows and people arent stingy wit it. And da prices range from cheap to expensive. Wild Wonderful West Virginia. here you can get an 1/8 for 15$ to 65$ pending on you budget. and every level gets you high ,its just how high can you afford to be ?????

Mainer

Jul 10 2008, 1:40 pm

That is crazy here in southern maine it like 160 a Z an like 25 an 8th. the cops need to get there shit together on the prices and stop fuckin over people.

Saveneworleans

Jul 10 2008, 1:23 pm

no way.....a 45000 dollar pound is not possible a pound of regular is like 450.......WHOSE STUPID ASS SAID THAT #?????

saveneworleans

Jul 10 2008, 1:18 pm

damn....I'm sorry for anybody that's paying that kind of price..... an elbow of the best should be NO MORE than 4500...maybe 5.....and it should be damn good for that

Joe

Jul 10 2008, 1:02 pm

Well it makes sense that the cops said that it was worth so much, because they are all fucking liars and cheats!!

STAY AWAY OR ELSE

Jul 10 2008, 12:03 pm

THE BUSH FAMILY ARE ALL LAME

moderately young dro

Jul 10 2008, 11:06 am

i live about 45 minutes north of west palm beach, florida. and i've gotta tell you, the sunshine state isn't all its cracked up to be with prices or quality. i have finally, after about 3 years just found a good steady supply of some sativa dominant mango haze. and its still at 350 an oz. we do have $20 quarters of regs though, lol.

jerame garcia

Jul 10 2008, 8:57 am

well i guess they found the new cocain on the market ... its hydroponicly grown but we dont know where it was grown something doesnt add up right...? cops and judging pot by color scent and mass thats it looks nice and green can smell it a mile away and theres alot of it most be exspansive they should know what dealers know when it comes to drugs that way when they bust people they get fair judgment even though this war on drugs coast them more and makes more people want to do more then if theyd just let use get high but what evere ........

Jeremy

Jul 10 2008, 8:49 am

i live about 15 min from where it happened, and no shit in toledo I've seen it up to 100 dollars an 8th. My guess wass he could only afford to sell an 8th at a time b/c they sell alot of ten sacs. not bad weed but not worth it. Around here we get ours from colombus, and pay 50- 60 and 8th. and for the cops going and saying it cost that much. They way they had to do the math is taking average price for an 8th and average price for a gram. they did the math on both then found the average between them. Cause at 20 a gram all that weight is bout 7 mill, but a 50 an 8th is only 470,000. they used a little different numbers tho, cause that gets 4 mill. sry for long post, but im bored and high

usedbongs.com

Jul 10 2008, 8:22 am

About 400 bucks an oz in Maui. 60 an 1/8th.

Got some Killas though:
http://usedbongs.com/2008/05/maui-420-on-421-cannabis-cup/

cmoore

Jul 10 2008, 8:05 am

well here in northern michigan the drug laws are so harsh, i my self had to quite selling to my friends because of the all the police running around busting people for having a dime bag or less.
here our prices very but about 35$=eight, 90$=half ounce, 150-200$= ounce, 500$=qp, 1000$= pound. (all products are the regs of the cannabis world)
but we do get the very tasty marijuana about twice a month

anonymous

Jul 10 2008, 7:58 am

miami need work

tatty

Jul 10 2008, 6:56 am

forgot to add no one buys less than a half unless they only have like 15 dollars.. 30 aint hard to scrounge up .. paying by the gram? odd to me. even for hydro.

tatty

Jul 10 2008, 6:50 am

wow yalls prices are crazy, guess its a good thing i live in south texas...so close to mexico... reg - 35 half ounce 70 ounce 250 QP 400 half lb 650 lb. i cannot imagine weed ever being that expensive. double that for houston hydro. about 2.5x that for dallas named weed.

CRYSTAL

Jul 10 2008, 5:40 am

AND FOR THE GUY BELOW ME SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR MY FRIEND IM FROM CALI WHERE YOU CAN GET THE BEST OF THE BEST AND WE GET WHAT WE PAY FOR... MOST OF THE TIME :) AT THE END OF THE DAY IF IT GETS YA HIGH THATS ALL THAT MATTERS ..PEACE:)

CRYSTAL

Jul 10 2008, 5:37 am

THATS JUST INSANE THATS ALL I CAN SAY LOL

green-bud

Jul 10 2008, 4:54 am

i dont know about all of you pying that high for an eighth but i pay 30.00 half qurter 50 a qurter
a half ounce for 75 to 80 and no more than
150 an ounce
these prices ae arround louisville,ky.

for skunk 1 and skunk 2 and og skunk
train wreck is a lil more

diddley doo

Jul 10 2008, 3:08 am

yeah man jay$in is right... the herb out here in vegas, for, lets say some purps, is roughly $60 an eighth, which is fukkin taxin, but even at $60 an eighth, 106 pounds of any kind of weed is not worth 4 million or whatever the cops said it was worth

THE INDIVIDUALS

Jul 10 2008, 2:14 am

We would be glad to test it for the police to see if it is the real thing!

JHerb

Jul 10 2008, 1:30 am

They probably did the math by the gram. where a gram of some killer is like $25-$30. You can do the math, I don't care to. Just another example of the shitstem in action.

Mr. Waters

Jul 10 2008, 1:27 am

either way yall are arguing over numbers when what really matters is they took the good shit off the streets. if only the government would take action and legalize it our economy would be boosting out the ass. so arguing over the "street" prices is dumb. we the smoking "culture" (as they would call it) need to find a way to make our politicians realize that marijuana is america's way into the golden age.

J-Herb

Jul 10 2008, 1:18 am

IS GOLD EVEN WORTH THAT MUCH?

umm

Jul 10 2008, 12:58 am

When they legalize it, it will be free, or maybe a dollar an ounce. The point is that prohibition makes all contraband expensive, which feeds the gangs. Anyone see the irony?

i smoke weed in cleveland

Jul 10 2008, 12:51 am

i live in cleveland and this sorta stuff happens with papers all the time its complete bullshit. i sure as hell know i didnt smoke any of this supergang.

anonymous

Jul 10 2008, 12:44 am

damn you guys pay 50 bucks for an 8th

Thank You Jeremy

Jul 10 2008, 12:36 am

For speaking in Class today and shutting up Brett.

smokesalot

Jul 10 2008, 12:34 am

yeah brets math is right he just read it wrong 7 digits in a milloin bret but u did show us all plain as day that the cops did multiply roughly by 10 the absolute maxiumum street value of it. good shit

Jeremy

Jul 10 2008, 12:14 am

Brett ur math is good. ur reading is bad how ever. they said 4.7 million not 470,000 the cops did exaggerate. they did just take street and multiply by ten

anonymous

Jul 10 2008, 12:14 am

and retail for an eight is $50 and plus depends if they slack the bags they can get more out of it and especially since itz gewd quality remember its quality no quantity.

MEMYSELFNI

Jul 10 2008, 12:11 am

ITz more expensive when they only sell by quarters lyk if u by an o u spend 400 but if they charge 120 for a quarter n ounce is 480 so maybe datz wut he meant daz wut pplz do over here they only sell quarters.

MEMYSELFNI

Jul 10 2008, 12:07 am

dayum 400 an ounce taxation up the ass for sum gewd hydro in miami 300 - 325 but in some area they tax it up to 400 when they know u got the money they get taxed.

B-rad

Jul 10 2008, 12:05 am

Holy shit Brett,you suck at math.You were trying to say its more expensive when u buy less quanity,such as 1/8ths.Why would you multiply the total number of ounces by 8,youre just adding more weight that doesnt exist and multiplying it by 35 bucks an 1/8th.Dumbass.All the fuzz wants to do is make it seem like a crazy/huge seizure of high grade shit."The bigger the bust,the bigger the boost."
Peace

smokesalot

Jul 9 2008, 11:48 pm

i live in ohio right smack in the middle of toledo and cleveland and the most ive ever heard 4 a zone of good indoor grown hydrponic is 350 -400 and that shit is nt always even available.the average price for good good mids is $100-$120 a bag depends who u know.

brett

Jul 9 2008, 11:46 pm

Actually the cops were right. Someone dealing this could and would make that money. They are talking about distribution prices. Not wholesale prices. So before you make yourself look dumb let a G tell you how they did there math. 16 ounces in a pound times 104 pounds. 16 x 104 =1664. Not done. 1664 ounces x 8 eights in an ounce. 1664 x 8 = 13312. 13312 eights times 35$ an eighth. 13312 x 35 = 465920. They are pretty accurate if you look at it from a dealers point of view if you sold every single thing in eights and not smoke any witch you probably have more of a chance getting hit by a train, stuck by lighting and playing the guitar all at same time. The truth is the cops over exatuarate so email the news companies why they do that, not that there wrong. Stay high till you die. Peace

J_dog

Jul 9 2008, 11:35 pm

that sucks. know what are they gonna do with all the prime budd, its gonna sit and go to waiste. when we can be smoking it and having a good time

Lusterburn

Jul 9 2008, 11:32 pm

Words cannot describe how retarded and ignorant the general public is about MaryJane. I am starting to feel like it is getting to be our fault for not taking a stand against these nazis. If there is anyone who is reading this right now and is still in school - for the love of god do well in school, become a government man or woman and help us get marijuana legalized!

SkyHigh

Jul 9 2008, 11:25 pm

What is the half-life of bad propaganda?

Dat 1 N Only GANGSTA GURL!

Jul 9 2008, 11:09 pm

DAMN THATS F**K*D UP! THEY ALWAYS TRYNA BUST PEEPZ WITH THA GOOD SH*T .... SMOKE SUM.......!

vsheibal420

Jul 9 2008, 11:05 pm

im in omaha,ne and good ass reggie's goes for like 100-120 an 0z,and some blueberry's is like 375-400 an 0z

Jul 9 2008, 11:02 pm

geez i haven't paid more than 120 for an oz in missouri for years and i bitch about that.. i'm used to 100 lol

Cory

Jul 9 2008, 10:55 pm

Holy shit!!!! That must have been some KRONIC!!!!Only wish it would have made it to KY,lol

Asgard

Jul 9 2008, 10:52 pm

when i lived in new york some years back i had an older buddy who would occasionally hook up with with this super-primo bud that went for $250 an eigth. i never actually got to smoke it but i got to see it once and it was blue. i've never seen anything quite like it since. i think that's what they call 'movie star bud'.

deff

Jul 9 2008, 10:45 pm

yo on a real note the price keeps going up...im from indiana neighboring ohio...and out there good chronic gose for roughly 3oo an ounce...thats top grade medical weed...im in cali now and the price is about the same...and even in new york the purp avg is nearly 350...these reporters are jus trying to make the police look like they made an amazing discovery...there was a bust back home for 6000 lbs and it street value was estimated at nearly 1.6 million...which is roughly a quarter of the 100 lb bust in ohio...if any mayor or police chief in this country read this...i hope they come to realize weed is not herion or crack ...that guy was probibly on his way to smoke a blunt and clown with his homies and talk bout about how he scored 100 pounds of good...

Mr. Highlife

Jul 9 2008, 10:41 pm

Dont you just love Propaganda?

Jay$in

Jul 9 2008, 10:03 pm

show me where the $200 zips are of chronic .. bcuz those are EXSTINCT out here in Las Vegas.
f.y.i = the starting price for a 1/2 oz goes for 180-240+ out here for purp/kush

u do the math ...

mclovin

Jul 9 2008, 9:52 pm

dam it figures they would do sum dum shyt like that anything to help push there bs i guess

luvbug

Jul 9 2008, 9:41 pm

What a joke.. as usual... come on??? I refuse to pay the $400.00 a z, nevermind over 2 G's. Yikes... those cops are mathematically challenged or (shocker!) did it on purpose to stick it to those "us" evil potheads. Doesn't suprise any of us, does it?? Sad... ONE LUV....

Bob

Jul 9 2008, 9:35 pm

This news hammers home why Cannabis prohibition has been such a dismal failure.
$200 an ounce is still a ridiculous price. Legalize it and watch the price drop down to about $40 or less for the same amount.

Christine

Jul 9 2008, 9:31 pm

Scary! But, pretty well every newspaper article I've read about seizure has an unbelievable street value equated with what was seized, whether it be marijuana or other substances. The point being to scare us all! My point being, don't let the fear mongering in our media work!