Magnetoman
Well-Known Member
Just wondering about other legal states and the quality of the weed.
We have had retail stores in Washington State for a couple years now and the retail price has come down, lots of growers, lots of selection but it still seems to me even with pretty jars, nifty packaging under bright lights it is still lacking the pre-legal quality.
I was lucky enough to have 2 friends over the years that grew off and on, got good at it and every few months from the late 80's until early 2000's I could depend on a decent sack for attending a trimming party. Buds were sticky, quality varied but after a few years these guys could turn out flowers that kicked my ass.
I am sure most people have 2 or more friends like that in their history. In between other friends, who didn't grow but had 2 friends like mine filled in the gap of supply. We all know the same guy, drop by score an 1/8, smoke and play some Nintendo for an hour with him then go on your way. I miss that network as it has diminished for various reasons.
Bottom line I still rarely see what I will call decent weed at the stores. Some of it looks good, smells good but the effects are far and few between at the bong. I will admit after smoking some 35 years I have a tolerance but I would expect some of this "top shelf" shit to compete a little. In other words I just don't get as high. One difference I see is retail weed is void of the trichromes, blame the auto trimmers or maybe they are just trying to maximize profits by having the keef to sell desperately but the days of "this shit is so sticky it will stick to the wall" are over, well unless you grow it yourself(which is why I ended up at this forum to begin with). I am sorta to the point I could give a fuck as to what the strain is at a retail store because it fails the expectation. I bet a whole lot of people from non-legal states would tell me to shut the fuck up and quit whining, but I don't honestly know if we are better off the way our state went about this.
Most of the stores will tell you it doesn't mean much but THC percentages that are printed on the packaging is complete bullshit but yet it all had to be part of the legalization process. I have had 23% stuff not do much and 15% stuff give me a decent buzz. The Bud Tender at the store will tell you its due to the strain while they hawk over you pawning at your ID. Couple stores I wont go into because you barely get in the door and 2 people are needing ID and machine gunning questions about what you are looking for and ready to unleash their newly learned mis-information about your best friend - weed. Last thing I want is to feel like I am at the airport with TSA when I buy weed. I don't need that kind of aggressive behavior. If I did I would find a meth dealer and take that up or worse join a religion. One store the Bud Tender told me that don't worry abut the THC rating , THC isn't what gets you high. I restrained from my forward thought that I probably already had smoked a few pounds by the day she was born.
Back when I had friends, or I mean friends that grew and I always had access to garbage bags pf of sugar leaf and clippings. Needless to say being a stoner and growing up working in a bakery I got good at edibles and used to make up big batches of butter and coconut oil to use. I could eat one of my cookies or brownie and feel great all day. I bought a bag of brownie bites at the weed store and it had 6 in it. Directions said to eat 2 I said fuck it ate the whole bag, had not smoked all day and didn't feel a damn thing. Bought some tincture drops same deal didn't feel a thing. Only way to battle this: I got my first plant in progress and hoping our state leg. will pass a bill so we can recreationally grow here legally after this fall.
How are other legal rec states? Quality?
I want to open a retail store where you have to park down the block, hang out for an hour, play video games while you sit on a shitty couch with some odd family member staring at you while your weed is weighed out. Maybe that's why the weed was better, the experience is gone.
We have had retail stores in Washington State for a couple years now and the retail price has come down, lots of growers, lots of selection but it still seems to me even with pretty jars, nifty packaging under bright lights it is still lacking the pre-legal quality.
I was lucky enough to have 2 friends over the years that grew off and on, got good at it and every few months from the late 80's until early 2000's I could depend on a decent sack for attending a trimming party. Buds were sticky, quality varied but after a few years these guys could turn out flowers that kicked my ass.
I am sure most people have 2 or more friends like that in their history. In between other friends, who didn't grow but had 2 friends like mine filled in the gap of supply. We all know the same guy, drop by score an 1/8, smoke and play some Nintendo for an hour with him then go on your way. I miss that network as it has diminished for various reasons.
Bottom line I still rarely see what I will call decent weed at the stores. Some of it looks good, smells good but the effects are far and few between at the bong. I will admit after smoking some 35 years I have a tolerance but I would expect some of this "top shelf" shit to compete a little. In other words I just don't get as high. One difference I see is retail weed is void of the trichromes, blame the auto trimmers or maybe they are just trying to maximize profits by having the keef to sell desperately but the days of "this shit is so sticky it will stick to the wall" are over, well unless you grow it yourself(which is why I ended up at this forum to begin with). I am sorta to the point I could give a fuck as to what the strain is at a retail store because it fails the expectation. I bet a whole lot of people from non-legal states would tell me to shut the fuck up and quit whining, but I don't honestly know if we are better off the way our state went about this.
Most of the stores will tell you it doesn't mean much but THC percentages that are printed on the packaging is complete bullshit but yet it all had to be part of the legalization process. I have had 23% stuff not do much and 15% stuff give me a decent buzz. The Bud Tender at the store will tell you its due to the strain while they hawk over you pawning at your ID. Couple stores I wont go into because you barely get in the door and 2 people are needing ID and machine gunning questions about what you are looking for and ready to unleash their newly learned mis-information about your best friend - weed. Last thing I want is to feel like I am at the airport with TSA when I buy weed. I don't need that kind of aggressive behavior. If I did I would find a meth dealer and take that up or worse join a religion. One store the Bud Tender told me that don't worry abut the THC rating , THC isn't what gets you high. I restrained from my forward thought that I probably already had smoked a few pounds by the day she was born.
Back when I had friends, or I mean friends that grew and I always had access to garbage bags pf of sugar leaf and clippings. Needless to say being a stoner and growing up working in a bakery I got good at edibles and used to make up big batches of butter and coconut oil to use. I could eat one of my cookies or brownie and feel great all day. I bought a bag of brownie bites at the weed store and it had 6 in it. Directions said to eat 2 I said fuck it ate the whole bag, had not smoked all day and didn't feel a damn thing. Bought some tincture drops same deal didn't feel a thing. Only way to battle this: I got my first plant in progress and hoping our state leg. will pass a bill so we can recreationally grow here legally after this fall.
How are other legal rec states? Quality?
I want to open a retail store where you have to park down the block, hang out for an hour, play video games while you sit on a shitty couch with some odd family member staring at you while your weed is weighed out. Maybe that's why the weed was better, the experience is gone.
