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October 12, 2012

Local Marijuana Hierarchy

Aesliip 

Marijuana Heirarchy, Source: http://i32.tinypic.com/2gwaq03.jpg

Regatrons online.

We all know that not all buds are created equal. I’ve come to realize a certain marijuana hierarchy that people use to describe the range of cannabis available to them.

Before the golden days of medical marijuana, my friends and I were limited to some pretty low-quality herb. We called this stuff “regs” and it cost 10 bucks a gram. This brownish, dried out dope was the junk I smoked when I first started smoking cannabis, but now looking back I can hardly call that weed anymore.

I’ve lived in many different places, and over time I became more aware of a certain “chain of command” in regards to the quality of the bud available where I’ve lived. This marijuana hierarchy varied slightly depending on the area.

Here was my local hierarchy, from best to worst:

1. Kush – The best of the best, this stuff ran anywhere upwards of $20 per gram.

2. Hydro – Another high quality, but I’m not sure if we called it hydro because it was grown hydroponically or if for some other reason.

3. Dro – This was one of the most cost-effective to get; went for $20 bucks a gram, and was a staple during college.

4. Mids – This is what we called the stuff that wasn’t as bad as regs, but not as good as dro. We could pick this up for $10 to $15 a gram.

5. Regs/regatrons – If kush is to a shark, regs would be the shitty bottom feeders. At $10 bucks a gram you couldn’t really complain, until after you picked out all the seeds and stems and tasted the stale, musty smoke and wondered why you wanted to get high in the first place.

The top three were excellent quality, named strains that you’d expect to get at any medical marijuana dispensary. Mids and regs were low quality, cheap, and tasted like ass. For me this hierarchy is all but obliterated as I can now get kush quality dank at my dispensary for around $10 bucks a gram.

While I hardly have to worry about this hierarchy anymore, it’s still fun to reminisce of my early pot-smoking days.

What about you? What’s your marijuana hierarchy?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/denvergreenbeaker.weedist Denver Green Beaker Weedist

    Nice article, Aesliip. Personally, my hierarchy was not very different, except for the names and prices.

    1 – Organic Homegrown. I actually used to refer to these types by the grower’s name, which I obviously won’t post here. This is the stuff that sparkles like diamonds, has never been bounced for kief, and has all the flavor it should thanks to the organic growing. Used to get this for about $45/8th, thanks to knowing the growers.

    2 – Kind Bud, KB, The Kind. This is the mass-produced version of high-quality. Not always organic, usually hydroponic, sometimes bounced for kief, and priced at $55-$60/8th. Most of this type of bud I noticed came in from Boulder, which was where the best (besides the local growers) CO weed came from before dispensaries started popping up.

    3 – Pretend-a-Kind, Pretenders. This would have been the same as the KB, but the plants were (at least partially) stressed into hermaphrodites, seeding the whole harvest. I actually used to get excited about this stuff, because it wasn’t much worse than the KB, and was only about $100/ounce.

    4 – Schwag, Mexican Schwag, Cartel Crap. This is the chunk-off-the-brick type of weed, and we all know where that comes from. I’ve only had this twice since high school, and didn’t pay for it either of those times. Tastes like crap, full of stems and crushed seeds. $50/ounce.

    It’s interesting to note, you have ‘Kush’ as the top of your list. Kush is a family of plants that exhibit very specific growing features. I guess what I’d like to know is whether or not the ‘Kush’ you used to get was actually a Kush plant, or if it just became a term for the greatest weed?

    It should also be mentioned that the prices of MMJ are much nicer here than most places. You can now get the best of the best for $20-$25/8th. This is thanks largely to CO HB-1284, which put private growers out of the business of supplying dispensaries. Dispensaries now have to grow almost all of their own product, which has greatly reduced the cost of that product.

    Other MMJ states would benefit greatly from copying this system. Of course, the current private growers (and dispensaries) would be opposed to this, as it takes away their current luxurious profits. I was a private grower here when this took effect, so I understand the feeling of opposition, but the bottom line is that this regulation helps keep costs down for patients, which is a good thing for everybody.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aesliip.weedist Aesliip Weedist

    I’m pretty sure what we called Kush wasn’t actually part of the family of plants known as Kushes. I had no idea what a ‘Kush’ was until I started learning about various strains and types of plants. I had a buddy who smoked alot and I was his apprentice you could say.

    Those are some awesome prices. Here and eighth runs for about $35, but I’m not complaining because before I got my recommendation I’d pay around $50-60 an eighth.

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