60's or 70's

Popularity · Apr 2, 2009

PAX-MAN said:

In California, around '66 this is what the prices were:
on the average a kilo would sell for a hundred dollars.
If it was high quality like Acapulco Gold it could go for as much as $150.
Very few people sold pounds- but when they did it would go for 60 -70 dollars.
The reason they didn't sell in pounds was because they would have to cut a kilo in half using a hack saw or a sharp knife. messy job. The next size down would be a lid. That would go for 7-12 dollars depending on the quality. The reason it was called a lid was because it was measured by the amount that you could get into a metal tobacco can lid and then placed into a baggie.
Alot of people would call that an ounce but it wasn't- far from it. If you couldn't afford a lid the next thing you could get was a matchbox. It sold for between 2-3 dollars. The appearance of all pot back then was dried up and compressed bricks that were full of stems and seeds over 15 %. I don't know about anywhere else, but the quality of the stone was always really good. The only thing that was sold back then was sativas. Indicas weren't even heard of back then.
To give you an idea of the value of a dollar back then, my first job was a bus boy in a mediocre restaurant. I was paid 85 cents an hour. A pack of cigarettes sold for 35 cents.

PAX
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FTW

PAX-MAN · Apr 5, 2009

Popularity said:

Oh yeah, I forgot my history teacher was saying back in the 50's weed was nowhere near as potent as today's.
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I'm sorry but your history teacher is full of shit. All you teacher is doing is spreading the propaganda of the war on drugs. If anything, the weed back in the fifties and sixties was alot better than what's available now. If anyone disagrees with this, I will gladly debate you on another thread. Go ahead- start it.

PAX

Fyrenza · Apr 5, 2009

PAX-MAN said:

I'm sorry but your history teacher is full of shit. All you teacher is doing is spreading the propaganda of the war on drugs. If anything, the weed back in the fifties and sixties was alot better than what's available now. If anyone disagrees with this, I will gladly debate you on another thread. Go ahead- start it.

PAX
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Actually, i was going to agree with you ~

it seems to me like the weed WAS better back then,

and i've never gotten the "herb now is SO potent" crap,

because it just ISN'T.

ONLY "Headies"

Piney · Apr 5, 2009

1973 to 1975

minimum wage: $1.65 per hr

Smokes: 50 cents per pack

OZ: $20

a hit: $2

1lb........$160.00

Suburbs of NYC.

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