Market Analysis:
Kush took top pot honors in February, easily beating out Haze and Diesel as the month’s most submitted strain. Kush has been the market’s most submitted strain for 12 of the last 14 months. Jack Herer failed to make the cut in February after reaching the top five in January for the first time in 19 months. Blue Dream took its place, making its first top five appearance since September 2011. The top five strains (with average price) were Kush ($345), Haze ($301), Diesel ($346), Purps ($393) and Blue Dream ($300).
 
Index Watch: The US Price and Kind indices essentially held steady, as each one finished February within a dollar of its previous month’s average. Meanwhile, Mids saw a substantial increase in submissions, and the index jumped $31 to an average price of $298 (a four-month high). Schwag dropped $17 this month, finishing close to its 2011 average price of $102.
 
CURRENT US PRICE INDEX: $315 (last month: $316; year to date: $316)
CURRENT KIND INDEX ($350+ PER OZ): $402 ($401, $402)
CURRENT MIDS INDEX ($150–$349 PER OZ): $289 ($258, $274)
CURRENT SCHWAG INDEX ($1–$149 PER OZ): $105 ($122, $114)     
 
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ARIZONA                                   
Phoenix - Headband: $375, Blue Dream: $375, White Rhino: $300
 
CALIFORNIA                                   
Los Angeles - Obama OG: $350, Sonoma Coma: $325, Granddaddy Purple: $325, Super Lemon Haze:  $275, Bubba Kush: $300
San Diego - Blue Dream: $300, Strawberry Kush: $400
 
FLORIDA                                   
Daytona Beach - Cheese Quake: $300, Bubba Kush: $350
Palm Beach - NYC Diesel: $350
Pensacola - Skunk: $325
 
HAWAII                                   
Honolulu - Death Star: $450
Maui - Banana Kush: $300
 
KENTUCKY                                   
Louisville - Blueberry: $300
 
MAINE                                               
Lebanon - Pineapple Chunk: $300, Super Silver Haze: $300
 
MICHIGAN                                   
Detroit - Sour OG Kush: $450, Sour Diesel: $450, Granddaddy Urkel: $450
 
NEVADA                                   
Las Vegas - Strawberry Cough: $275
 
NEW JERSEY                                   
Hoboken - Super Silver Haze: $400
 
NEW MEXICO                       
Albuquerque - Purps: $480
 
NEW YORK                                   
Hudson - Big Buddha Cheese: $330, Kandy Kush: $380
New York - Haze: $320
 
NORTH CAROLINA                       
Salisbury - Cataract Kush: $400
Smithfield - Kush: $300
 
OREGON                                   
Cottage Grove - Jack Herer: $260, Chocolope: $320, Super Lemon Haze: $280
McMinnville - Blue Cheese: $200
 
PENNSYLVANIA                       
Pittsburgh - Chocolope: $360
 
TENNESSEE                                   
Nashville - Hydro: $600
 
TEXAS                                               
Killeen - Blue Widow: $240, Lemon Haze: $280
 
VIRGINIA                                   
Harrisonburg - Jack Herer: $400, Bubba Kush: $410, Matanuska Thunderfuck: $355
Virginia Beach - Blue Dream: $350
 
WASHINGTON                       
Seattle - Silver Haze: $275, Northern Lights: $260, White Widow: $290
 
WYOMING                                   
Sheridan - Trainwreck: $300, MK-Ultra: $310, Sour Diesel: $290 
 
INTERNATIONAL:                                                                                                            
CANADA                                   
Montreal - Cheese: C$200
Toronto - Blueberry: C$175
Vancouver - Granddaddy Purps: C$210                                               
                                                                                                           
QUOTES:
 
NYC Diesel – $350
Palm Beach, FLORIDA
“Super-funky stank nuggets. Well-cured, slightly fluffy and stony as hell! Well done!”
 
Jack Herer – $260
Cottage Grove, OREGON
“Amazing spicy flavors with a wonderful stone that leaves a smile on your face.”
 
Chocolope – $360
Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA
“Incredibly sticky, heavily trichromed, orange-hair-bearing, forest-green nuggets!”
 
Sour Diesel - $450
Detroit, MICHIGAN
“This is the original Sour D - it’s the best it’s ever gonna get, hands down. Even aliens can’t come up with something better!”