UPDATE: The legal weed industry is alive and kicking. You can purchase recreational pot at licensed Seattle marijuana stores.

Maybe you want to make sure you are getting the most green for your buck and not getting ripped off. Or maybe you just want to compare the price of marijuana, to other places in the country or the world. Or maybe you just want to know how much is weed in Washington State.

The marijuana industry, whether it’s legal, medical, black market, or whatever you want to call it, has been alive and well for thousands of years. In cities of every country across the globe, bought with dollars, euros, rubles, gold bars and more, this herb has been bought and enjoyed by billions throughout time.

But never in the history of the world, have we had fingertip access to cannabis prices in our home state, and the ability to compare those prices with other states and even countries. The guys over at www.priceofweed.com have created a fine website and database, to do just that.

Halfway down the homepage, click on the dollar sign above Washington State, you you will see that an ounce of high quality bud is just north of $234. To the right, you will see the current sample size of over 2500 people who have contributed to the data.The price of medium quality cannabis in Washington State is currently $191.37 an ounce with a sample size of more than 2600. And lastly, the price of low quality weed in Washington State is around $144 an ounce with a sample size of 120. Obviously, people in Washington prefer their quality bud – or maybe they just like to think what they are smoking is quality.

If you want to know how much is weed in Canada, you could search online on sites like low price bud. The same applies to any other city in the nation or world. You could see submissions from cities within the state on various sites, but not the city as a whole.

What is really neat about this website is you can compare the price of marijuana to other places such as our neighbors to the south: Oregon. By clicking on the dollar icon, you will see that the prices are slightly less for quality weed, and interestingly enough, they are more expensive for lower quality weed. You will also notice the sample sizes of people contributing are less than in Washington.

Scan the entire map and visually, by the color of the dollar signs (green=less expensive, red=more expensive), you will see that the overall prices for pot is more in the mid west and east coast, than the more relaxed west coast. Zoom out and you will see a really red dollar sign in Northern Canada. This tiny town known as Nunavut has a going rate of over $700 for an ounce high quality marijuana. Say what!!! Keep in mind, the sample size of contributors is really low and this may skew results. However, with the legalization of marijuana in Canada, these prices will go right down and you’ll be able to purchase quality cannabis from places like CannaCabana at a much more reasonable price.

Visitors are encouraged to sign up to the forums for free, to discuss the price of weed with people from other states, for the purpose of educating, traveling, and even meeting new people. And who knows, maybe you can find that special someone while discussing the price of an ounce of Purple Passion! Kind of joking.

Visitors to the site can also submit details of their latest purchase to contribute to the crowd sourced database. To submit, go to the top of the page and click on “Submit.” This link will open up a form where you can select where you are from, input the price you paid; and select the amount, the size, and the strain of cannabis. Click submit and you have become a contributing member of society!

While the site is a pretty cool concept, I wouldn’t take it as straight fact. Results can be skewed many different ways. For one, what is low quality weed to you, may be high quality to another. And what is high quality to one, may be low quality to another. Also, results can be skewed if the wrong price was accidentally submitted or maybe someone wanted to skew the results by inputting an exaggerated price. Then again, that is what sample sizes are for. The bigger the sample size, the less a result can be skewed.

At any rate, it’s a fun site to check out and compare the prices nationally and internationally, especially with the good ol’ home state of Washington. So there you have it: the price of weed in Washington State is between $144 and 234, depending on the quality. Now you can sleep better at night!