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Wishful thinking. :) I'd say 1/8 oz a day (about 1 oz a week / 4 oz a month) would not be unusual for a single, heavy smoker/vaper with bigger amounts most certainly possible (depending on tolerance, way of consumption (efficiency), and quality of the flower). This is just for one person. Ounces range from around ~ $120 - $500 or more across the country (if bought in bulk). You really cannot underestimate tolerance. As far as I have been able to discern, there is no upper limit on it. At some point, you can consume all the cannabis you want and simply not get much higher. I have no doubt there are many people consuming (and possibly spending) way more than these numbers indicate too.

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4 oz of weed per month is one of the most outrageously heavy uses I've ever heard of.

It would be grossly unusual for a single user. Grossly, extravagantly, extremely unusual.

I'd wager that less than 0.1% of all cannabis users approach 4g/day. They may binge up to 4g on their heaviest day of all time, but average far lower.

I would argue it's very unusual if only because the set of all people who can access 4oz/weed per month, and can afford the $1000-$2000/mo ($24,000/yr!) hobby is very small. Add up all of the trust fund kids with enough money, time and access and you have a tiny, tiny number of people.

An average heavy user can only afford that much weed if they're dealing and skimming, and supply and demand insists that not everyone can be a supplier. Even so, I'd wager the average heavy user chooses to use far, far, far less than 1oz every other week.

Having known quote a few stoners, it seems perfectly possible. Often the people with access to that amount sell it also, so the money thing doesn't case a problem.

Please, these are posters on Hacker News. We work at tech companies and make large salaries. If you purchasing that much you are probably only spending $800 per month (prices get lower the more you use). While this is still around 10k a year it is definitely very manageable on a 6 figure salary

Be that as it may, GP said 4g/day is "not unusual", and I would argue that while not impossible, that much is certainly unusual (as in, not common).

Lots of thing can be not unusual while being uncommon. Hearing someone is a software engineer isn't unusual but we are only 2.54% of the working population in the USA.

Fair enough, if you make mad money in this industry, you could obviously afford it.

That brings me to the next point: to smoke 1 oz / weed every 2 weeks, you probably smoke at least once every waking hour.

So these HN rich kids who do it would almost assuredly require being high to do any work at all.

Personally, I don't want my engineers high as a kite 24/7 while working for me. Personal time is personal time, but on the clock non-stop smoking? But I guess people get away with it.

If you are spending nearly a grand a month on it, then you might as well just grow ~4 large potted plants in your living room. They are beautiful plants, and their timed lights help to keep your own circadian rhythm steady. They also make a nice conversation piece.

They do have a distinctive smell, though, especially once they are budding. If you aren't already growing other herbs and vegetables, then that might be undesirable.

What is the impact of 1/8 oz a day smoked or vaped?

Has there been any research into the effect of tolerance?

Unlikely, particularly since the weed that is grown for officially-sanctioned scientific purposes is so terrible that it bears almost no relation to the street or medical product

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/the-gover...

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