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An important element in any good cannabis purchase is autonomy. It’s what makes legally buying weed from your local dispensary such a revelation for people who’ve only known the illicit market. No longer beholden to the idiosyncrasies of a dealer, people are now way more in control of their buying experience. Instead of an eighth of whatever flavor your dealer happens to have, buying by the gram lets you curate a collection of strains, edibles, and other products. So how many grams are in an ounce? Here’s your concise and practical guide to the gram.
How Many Grams Are In An Ounce?
The gram is the basic unit of measurement across all recreational cannabis products. Whether it’s the milligrams (mg) of THC or CBD in a gummy, the grams (g) of concentrates for dabbing, or the 3-for-1 deal on flower, the gram rules the day at your local dispensary.
Lot’s of people are making the transition from the illicit marijuana market to the legal, regulated system in their state. And unless you were already in the know, or had a scale to check your dealer’s accuracy, you probably worked off the eighth system.
And in the eighth system, you’re either buying an eighth, a quarter, a half, or a whole ounce. Hence most people never give a thought to fact that an eighth is 3.5437 grams. Or realized that most cheap scales only measure in tenths of grams, meaning dealers round down to 3.5 grams out of necessity (and mathematical convenience).
In all fairness, 0.04 grams of weed is basically nothing. But compounded