Hunh. That's a darned good question . . . how much IS an ounce of marijuana anyway?

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Ballot Question 2 in Massachusetts would turn possession of 1 oz or less of marijuana from a criminal offense to a civil offense.

Someone on my friends list, who is working out how she wants to vote, asked, "So, how much IS that, anyway? How many joints do you make from an ounce of marijuana?"

I realized that I have no clue, and that that could really be a significant question . . .

I did some Google searches, and what I turned up suggested that perhaps an ounce would be as much as a single pot smoker could reasonably be expected to consume in a week, but I don't know that for sure.

So . . . I'm pretty darned certain that SOME of you would have a better feel for this than I would. As always, anonymous commenting is allowed; IP tracking is off; if you don't want to explain how you know stuff, feel free not to explain.

But . . . how many joints are in an ounce? How many people would consume an ounce? How long would it take one casual user to go through an ounce, a heavy user, an occasional user?

I mean, I don't assume that there would be a one single answer -- I assume that there are lots of variables, from type of weed to type of smoker to all sorts of things -- but I just want a ballpark order-of-magnitude thing. Would one ounce make one joint? Would one ounce make a thousand joints? I have no way of knowing.

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

This is a picture of one ounce of pot. Note the Bic pen at the side of the container for size reference. Someone who smoked a conservative amount and didn't have to share could make that last a month.

I never liked pot much, but until 10 years or so ago basically all of my friends loved it so I learned a lot about it. It wouldn't really be practical for one person to have more than this at one time, because it does go stale, similar to how kitchen spices do.

[theclamsman.livejournal.com]

LOL I could make that last three months. My cousins could probably make that last a freakin' year, considering that I brought them less than 1/4 and they saved that stuff...they don't get much down in Texas where they are. They're too paranoid about getting caught by the cops.