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However you score your weed, knowing how to measure what you get is crucial. There’s nothing worse than buying too little, or too much. And if you’re looking into converting ounces and pounds, you’re probably interested in buying a lot. So let’s lay out the basics regarding the larger units of cannabis consumption. Exactly how many ounces are in a pound?
How Many Ounces Are In A Pound?
Let’s be honest, if you’re looking at picking up multiple ounces or even a pound of flower, it’s safe to assume people might suspect you’re buying for more people than yourself. Unless you’re committed to 24-hour smoking, it would be hard to keep a pound of weed fresh and potent long enough for a single human to get through.
But there are plenty of reasons for stocking up. The most practical one is cannabis cooking. If you’re planning on preparing edibles as your primary method of consumption, having a large volume of fresh weed on hand is a good thing. The same is true if you’re interested in any home-brewed concentrates.
Fortunately, the higher up the quantity scale you go, the easier the conversions become. Unlike converting grams to ounces, moving from ounces to pounds keeps you in the imperial system.
So how many ounces are in a pound? It’s simple: 1 pound equals 16 ounces. Easy.
1 Pound = 16 Ounces
If you like numbers, let’s play around with our answer a little bit. The timeless, basic unit of buying and selling cannabis is the “eighth.” Dispensaries and the concentrates phenomenon are