People who purchase marijuana in Massachusetts will be paying slightly above the national average, according to a recent study on the average price of marijuana by state.
Oxford Treatment Center used the Price of Weed, a global price index for marijuana, to gather the average price of high and medium-quality marijuana in each state. Researchers also looked at the prices for one ounce of marijuana and one joint, which a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study defines as being equal to 0.66 grams of pot.
Data highlights:
Massachusetts residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016. The first two recreational pot shops opened two years later.
- Most expensive: 597.88 (Washington, D.C.)
- Massachusetts: $341
- Least Expensive: 210.75 (Oregon)
- National Average: $326.06
- Most Expensive: $550.66 (Washington, D.C.)
- Massachusetts: $283
- Least Expensive: $187.09 (Mississippi)
- National Average: $265.58
- Most Expensive: $13.92 (Washington, D.C.)
- Massachusetts: $7.93
- Least Expensive: $4.91 (Oregon)
- National Average: $7.59
- Most Expensive: $12.82 (Washington, D.C.)
- Massachusetts: $6.59
- Least Expensive: $3.96 (Mississippi)
- National Average: $6.18
According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22.2 million people surveyed said they used pot in the past month.