I stopped smoking last month but was a daily smoker before then. $40/8th seems pretty standard for the good stuff, at least on the west side (I’ve only been to a few recreational dispensaries in Venice and Culver City). There’s definitely cheaper stuff but I’d imagine, like me, Rick is accustomed to stronger product so the shwag isn’t gonna cut it. Not sure what prices you can get with a medical card though. Any time I’ve ever paid that little for bud it’s turned out to be dirt weed full of seeds.

I haven't seen $40/eighth in a looong time. Last time I picked up my ounce I also got an eighth for $30 because I wanted the best weed they had. It's good ****, but the $100/ounces are solid too. It's definitely not schwag. still very sticky, no seeds, not super stemmy, smells/smokes great. easily possible to get good **** for $100-140/ounce if you look around and don't go to the tourist spots. I've been a daily smoker for 6 years now - schwag doesn't cut it.

with the prices that these dispensaries pay per lb, $100/ounce is still a complete ripoff for the consumer. I used to get lbs for $800, and that's just getting 1 at a time... c'est la vie

Well sh*t, guess I was lazy with my dispensary shopping! I also came from Chicago where prices are heavily at the mercy of shoddy dealers who, at one point, would charge $20 for 0.8g without qualms because of how tough it was to find a connect with high quality bud. It's gotten cheaper especially since more states have legalized but prices out there are still like $50-70 for an 8th of good stuff. Coming from that, $40/8th is an absolute steal. I also was willing to pay for the convenience of being within a mile of my pickup spot since I don't have a car.

yeah I feel regarding convenience. I also sometimes pay too much to save time, but if you're willing to look you can find some good deals. nothing beats the street prices in norcal though. $15-20/eighth thru almost any connect for some daaaaank, cheaper in bulk

Find yourself a good dispensary that will deliver.

+1, delivery places are way cheaper

I quit smoking in September after smoking hard for the last 14 years. At my peak last year I was burning 2oz a month of the strongest OGs I could find in San Diego. The first 7-8 weeks are awful, like Rich said, waking up freezing in a pool of sweat every single day after having weird terrible nightmares all night. It was the worst. Now, I can't even smoke if I want to. I just feel like anxious and that I'm on the verge of having a heart attack. **** all that. So now I just don't smoke. Don't want to come off all preachy, because weed is fine and if you want to smoke you will, but once you stop you realise it really doesn't do much for you. Just a waste of money / way to numb your emotions and drown out life, atleast IMO.

Booked a winner today, feels nice. I was clear headed and more present than I have been in the past. Played 5/10 for a few hours lost a couple hundred, then switched to 5/5. I'm pretty sure that game is more profitable for me. I'll keep playing a mix for now, whatever feels right, whatever game looks good.

Hmmmm. I've bought ounces for $100 and it's always crap weed imo. Not sure you can get good weed in LA for 100/ounce. But I haven't really tried looking around. I should find a place in East LA or downtown maybe. When I'm up north I'll hit you up for a recommendation on where to buy, I'm sure you can get good weed for cheaper up there.

My friend grew a few plants this year so if I really wanted to I could smoke for free. He gave me a jar of weed last grow when I was broke.

Yeah that's pretty much been my experience too. It's not complete shwag but I have to smoke 2 or 3 times as much to get the same high so not worth it. But maybe I need to shop around next time.

Haha I started smoking weed (hardcore) exactly 14 years ago also. Freshmen year of college Fall 2004. It was tough not smoking today I'll be honest. I wanted to pick up some weed when I left my grandmas house this morning. I get this overwhelming anxious feeling and all I can think about is smoking weed. I just feel so uncomfortable being sober. But I've been down this road before and as soon as I get some weed and smoke it I'm going to be uncomfortable being high. Whatever my state is, I'm uncomfortable. Anyways what kept me from buying weed was the thought that I would have to come back ITT and admit failure so quickly. I didn't realize it before but I care what you jerks think. Dont know why. Anyway now I'm feeling like it would be so nice to smoke a little bowl, chill, and watch some youtube as I pass out in the back of my van. How am I going to live in a van AND be sober all the time?!? Does not compute. Even if I don't quit smoking weed entirely that's fine. But what's not acceptable (for me) is smoking all day everyday and playing poker while stoned. That's too much.

I think you have the right idea given your living situation: since cutting cold turkey is out of the question, limiting your toking to nightcaps after you get all your poker + errands done for the day is a damn good start.

I'm actually just trying to not smoke at all for a week or two maybe longer. Didn't smoke anything yesterday. Not gonna smoke today. The problem is when I do start smoking again all self control seems to go out the window and my weed use quickly ramps back up to all day everyday. I'm gonna try not to let that happen this time. Also my body can't seem to regulate it's temperature for some reason. I either feel hot and sweaty or cold and clammy, no comfortable middle ground. Another thing I've noticed is weed kills my sex drive. That ain't fun. A couple of girls I've talked with say the opposite happens when they smoke, they get horny. Weird. I'm not sure how that works.

Also I have pretty much no appetite since quitting weed. I went from weighing 125 after Christmas to 116 a few days ago. Not necessarily a bad thing, I'm not craving and eating cheese and ice cream like I would when stoned and I think my skin is looking a little better.

I was playing yesterday with some Germans. One of them says he is from Hamburg and I asked him "Does that make you a Hamburger?". I'm stupid.

Ive been a daily smoker for probably over 90 percent of the last 14 years.

My 2 cents:

When smoking on an everday basis, one's REM sleep is affected. A recent study has shown that even jf one's REM sleep has been lacking for weeks, months, etc ... the human body will play catchup as soon as it is able.

That said, an everyday smoker stopping cold turkey is likely to result in an unusually high dream frequency as the brain catches up on the super deep sleep it has been deprived of. As well, one only remembers a dream if he or she wakes up during the dream... Even if he or she does not become conscious enough to remember having woken up.
So, in essence, one is working much harder at sleeping to "catch up" after slowing down on the ganga.
I've noticed this many times over the yearz personally, and the scjence behind it is very interesting.
In the last 14 years the longest i've gone without smoking was 43 days.

When i partook again, i didn't even think about how low my tollerence level was and i overdid it... One of the worst smoking experiences of my life... If i didnt understand what was going on, id have been scared sh!@less... Heart racing, paranoia, ..it felt like a full on panic attack.
Weed is like anything else... To have the best experience one has to understand the subject fully. Weed is grown to a higher scientific standard than ever before and understanding the strain, potency, and one's own tolerence makes all the diccerence in the enjoyment level.
Rick, get off the heavy indicas and do the sativa heavy hybrids..lemon haze, etc. That will most likely bring ylur enjoyment factor up a notch and lose a bit oc the dull, smkoing just to smoke feeling.
When you guys are talking prices... Pretty standard street prices for any strain containing 15 to 25 percent street prices is going to be 15 to 20 a gram, 45 1/8 80 qtr, 150 half and 250 to 280ish for an oz. Not to there arent better dealz, this is just standard for non legal states.
Even in colorado one is going to spend damn near 300 on good ounce at a dispensary..however it comez with the bonus of being 100 percent sure what strain, quality you are buying, etc.

Rick, I am a video production specialist/editor by trade. Feel free to pm me if you'd be interested in a little help with your blog.

Very interested to see you do well bro

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Never seen a pound for under 2k where I'm from unless you were at 10packs or higher (no pun intended)

I went from smoking around 2.5g a day + dabs to stopping completely and instantly when I moved somewhere without a supply, i didnt even notice it besides 2-3 groggy first days what are you guys even going on about

Everyone’s biochemical makeup is unique and various combos of genetic + physiological factors can change how you react to the drug entirely. I’ve met people who literally can’t eat or sleep without being high, people who get boosts to creativity while high, and plenty of stoners who lose all motivation while high. Hell, I know of a few who had a “bad trip” smoking and literally had heart palpitations and psychological episodes. I don’t think the numbers are in on the scientific side of things due to historically limited and skewed research.

Personally, I was able to quit cold turkey without a single side effect. Lucky me, I guess

when you don't have any influences to smoke such as friends, coworkers, family its easy to quit. Because the same thing happened to me

I usually try to take break periods from smoking ranging from a week to a couple months if I ever feel like it is becoming a problem or affecting my goals. Usually it's just the first 3-4 days that I'm feeling very lethargic/uncomfortable/unhappy, but after that it's usually easy enough. One side effect that I consistently feel when I stop smoking is that I have multiple, extremely vivid dreams. I think this is because weed supresses your REM sleep making you unable to dream, and as a poster above said your body is trying to re-adjust appropriately. Uusally lasts for about 10 days before it goes back to normacy.

All I can say for OP is that you just have to power through the first week without any smoke of any kind. After you're over that hump it will become significantly easier. GL OP

I generally agree.

Thanks for the support guys I appreciate it. Gonna go back to smoking sativas when I start up again. Smoked some home growns with my friend the other day. That did the trick, glad I didn't pick up medical weed that would have been too much. Woke up this morning sweating my balls off after some crazy dreams about me losing my wallet. Played a 12 hour session yesterday, got some hands for the vlog. Gonna play again today and try to make a vlog from the van either tonight or tomorrow morning.

PLayed a 13 hour session yesterday back at it again today. Vlog incoming?

The service lady called me Chris yesterday. I didn't correct her. I just thought about it for a minute and realized there's actually a "Rich" in "Chris". She was pretty close . Played a solid 12 hours yesterday, back at it today. Gonna post a vlog tomorrow.

I liked the +/- session amount and brief overview. This is boring

Word.

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An interesting hand happened yesterday around 330 at another 5/T table. The game was really deep with several players sitting on 10k+. CJ aka Asian Bling was in a hand with who I'm pretty sure was Mike Dentale. Mike is like 10 or 12k deep and CJ covers him. Not sure what the preflop action is but there is like 1k in the middle on a flop of 999. It looks like CJ has bet or raised to 1200 and Mike Dentale has raised or reraised to 3500. It's on CJ for literally about ten minutes before a clock is called. CJ goes all-in for 12k or whatever and Mike thinks about it and eventually calls. Half the casino has gotten up and is standing around watching this hand go down. Lot of railbirds. CJ has KTos and Mike has pocket jacks. 25k pot two cards to come. King on the river, CJ is the best player at the Commerce Casino, I would crossbook him vs anyone pretty much. And he's the luckiest too, that helps. Wow. Everybody was talking about that hand yesterday, still probably talking about it.

Later on a guy wearing a NY baseball cap comes over and takes pics of CJs stack to show his friend or whatever. Real no class jerk. Then he tries to weasle his way to sitting on the table when there is a list 5 deep of people trying to table change. Slimeball.

Does that pot not make you FEAR for your bankroll?!

Made me envious. My bankroll is puny enough to not fear losing it. I could always go back to driving a bus. I'm going to transform my posts into video format. 5min of ranting then some poker hands, no production value. Bare bones vlog and crank them out. I tried making a video the other night but the lighting was not doable which made me realize I don't have a light in the back of my van. More proof I'm an idiot.

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