re-learned a valuable lesson on this most-recent trip to Colorado

[RussBLib]

There are few things in this country that can create the amount of excitement and awe that happens when a citizen of a marijuana-prohibition state (such as mine) walks into a recreational marijuana dispensary. You kinda lose your mind.

It's natural to ooh and aah over all the beautiful buds on display, and the smells! but if you are in need of saving some money, but still want the good stuff, ask the budtender to show you their SHAKE. This is probably not news to a lot of you, but for those of you who may not yet have taken a vacation to the high lands, think about it.

You can pay from $50-$100 for a quarter oz of beautiful buds, but you can pick up the damn-near same quality SHAKE for perhaps $25-$30 for a quarter oz!

A couple of the budtenders told me that shake is usually what the locals will buy. The tourists go mad on the fully-formed buds. I can see it. Getting a full ounce of shake for $90 or $100?! Woah. Still dreaming about moving to CO.

[Callmecrazy]

1. Good advice, thanks...

[world wide wally]

2. And the weather is nice too

[Pastiche423]

3. Shake is great for topicals

Got arthritis? Achey joints? Neck and shoulder pain?

Cannabis oil made w/shake is incredible for pain and it works quickly.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

4. or you can get it free from me

something to think about

while lots of the shops sell the stuff with lots of thc - you can be sure that there is it also is sprayed with stuff that should not be there

[maxsolomon]

5. allow me to disagree.

you're on vacation: go ahead and treat yourself to the good stuff. you deserve it, and current prices here in WA are as low as $8/gram. try a few types. try edibles. try hashish, shatter, wax, etc. experiment.

how much weed can you smoke on vacation, anyway? you can't fly back home with it; you're not supposed to take it across state lines. it's illegal to use on federal lands, behind the wheel, indoors. the list goes on and on.

besides, a quarter ounce is somewhere around a half-year's supply for me and the missus.

[annabanana]

7. ?

You can't use it indoors?

I'm not going out on the porch in a snowstorm, no indeed...

[maxsolomon]

10. sorry, let me clarify

if your place of shelter has no-smoking rules (i.e. a motel, an apartment, an air bnb), you can't. in WA, this limits you only to private homes, and even in the case of condominiums, there may be no-smoking rules for the building.

and you can't smoke in public parks. people do, of course, and no one really stops them. but technically, you can't.

[RussBLib]

11. a half-year supply--hahaha

I think I remember those days. My sweet little lady has quite the appetite. A quarter oz will last us maybe two weeks. About an eighth per week. That ain't schwag either, and that's just her! I prefer the oils myself. Edibles often make me too giddy but the oils don't, unless I overdo it. Every shatter and wax I've tried just kills my throat, and they are too strong for me. And I doubt that we are going to go the blowtorch route.

Take that road trip!!

[jeepers]

6. Bought an oz of shake yestiddy

60 bucks. Going to make some cookies.

[Betty88]

8. Thanks for the info

Looking forward to my next trip

[hobbit709]

9. Some shake is damn near kif quality

[mountain grammy]

12. What I use for all my edibles

Finding it as low as $60/oz for high quality "bottom of the jar." Glad to live in Colorado.

[RussBLib]

14. that's what we'll do next trip

in August, or September

Why make better butter or brownies out of the $300/oz bud when you make it using similar quality shake for $60-$100/oz?

That is the next mission. I have also discovered that some dispensaries will let you make multiple purchases in one visit, provided you step outside for a minute, then come back in. Four transactions at a quarter oz each makes the trip much faster.

We love love love Colorado!

[mountain grammy]

15. We grow in the summer

And usually don't have to buy till now. The other day my husband said "we're almost out of our stash" and I smiled and said "we'll just go to the store and buy some more."

[eridani]

13. Shake is also good for making cannabutter

Saves the trouble of having to grind up bud.