[5]Does Portland have cheap cannabis?
The cops say no. The drug dealers say yes.
Natural Resource News Note:
Consumers, apparently, agree with the dealers. According to PriceOfWeed.com, a site where users (in both senses) can upload information about how much they paid for their recent marijuana purchases, pot averages $250.12/oz. here. Californians, meanwhile, pay $298.72/oz., Idahoans $323.06, and Washingtonians $270.17.
Those prices are actually inflated, according to a drug dealer interviewed last week by Willamette Wee [6]k. At 24 years old, “Eric” claims to have been selling pot for six years. He says that in the last year, he hasn’t charged more than $220/oz. Anything higher would just be laughed out of the market.
The cops aren’t so sure, claiming that their data says market prices for weed in Portland range from $300-400/oz.
Eric says that lax enforcement of drug laws has made Oregon something of a haven for marijuana growers, thus lowering prices and making it attractive to ship the herb to other states. Some growers reportedly make more than $1000/lb. on interstate pot shipments.
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