# Ask the guy who's just been shopping in Denver pot stores **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135 "2015-05-29T18:22:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/1 "2015-05-29T18:22:33Z")
I will try to answer carefully so as not to enrage our Moderator overlords. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/2 "2015-05-29T18:24:31Z")
I was hoping you’d weigh in on how your trip to Denver went. Were we Coloradans good to you? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/3 "2015-05-29T18:30:10Z")
I had tickets to the Saturday Rockies game, but the start was delayed so much due to rain I didn’t go. Denver was very very good to me, but I will never agin do a thousand mile drive wiithout planning an overnight stay. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/4 "2015-05-29T18:41:14Z")
So how similar is the pot store experience to the standard retail experience? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/5 "2015-05-29T18:43:28Z")
How many different stores did you go to, and what sort of pot and items were available? Also, how stoned are you right now? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/6 "2015-05-29T18:54:21Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > So how similar is the pot store experience to the standard retail experience? There is an outer office waiting area, and you must wait for someone to veryify by an ID card that you are old enough to purchase pot (which I think is 21 according to CO law) before they let you into the shopping area. The stores are much smaller, presumably because the product doesn’t take up a lot of space. You don’t get to try out any product – all of it is under glass in cabinets and out of your reach. They will, however, bring up what your interested in and allow you to smell it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/7 "2015-05-29T18:58:11Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > How many different stores did you go to, and what sort of pot and items were available? > > Also, how stoned are you right now? I am not stoned at all right now, I went to 3 stores, and bought one or more items at each. They each had a dozen or more varieties of pot. There were also pot foods, brownies ad well as hard and chewy candies. And drinks – various soda and teas infused with THC by some means. I didn’t try any of the drinks. And there are some accessories like pipes and lighters. If there were bongs available they were back out of sight somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/8 "2015-05-29T19:25:45Z")
What sort of public cross-section was there? Was it like walking into a J.C. Penny’s, people-wise, or a more… stereotypically expected… clientele? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/9 "2015-05-29T19:35:50Z")
Did you see or hear the phrase “gluten-free” in relation to any of the products? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/10 "2015-05-29T19:47:32Z")
Did the smell hit you the moment you walked in the door? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/11 "2015-05-29T19:49:17Z")
Any pure sativa strains? Diesels? Concentrates/edibles? /jealousy ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/12 "2015-05-29T19:49:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I am not stoned at all right now, I went to 3 stores, and bought one or more items at each. They each had a dozen or more varieties of pot. There were also pot foods, brownies ad well as hard and chewy candies. And drinks – various soda and teas infused with THC by some means. I didn’t try any of the drinks. > > And there are some accessories like pipes and lighters. If there were bongs available they were back out of sight somewhere. THC is not water soluble, huh. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/13 "2015-05-29T19:50:58Z")
Also, is it a “medical” pot store or do people just openly talk about buying it just for getting high? I mean, can you just say to the salesperson, “Dude, i’m looking to get totally slide-off-the-couch high. What do you recommend?” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/14 "2015-05-29T19:52:11Z")
> [@grude](#): > > THC is not water soluble, huh. Maybe they use an emulsifier, if that’s applicable. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/15 "2015-05-29T19:59:28Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > What sort of public cross-section was there? Was it like walking into a J.C. Penny’s, people-wise, or a more… stereotypically expected… clientele? I’m in my 50s and surprisingly (to me) most of the people buying were in my general age range. I didn’t see anyone who looked younger than 30 in a store. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/16 "2015-05-29T20:02:56Z")
Were there any breakfast cereals? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/17 "2015-05-29T20:03:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Did the smell hit you the moment you walked in the door? One of them, yes big time. The other 2, not particularly. About the smells. Every single one of the varieties that I sniffed, smelled like absolute killer weed, drenched with THC. I was thinkning that during all the time I bought pot on the street, I only smelled pot that strong on a half-dozen occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/18 "2015-05-29T20:04:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Any pure sativa strains? > > Diesels? > > Concentrates/edibles? > > /jealousy Sativas, Indicas and hybrids. Concentrates and edibles - yes. I suppose you can call has a concentrate - but they had it too. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/19 "2015-05-29T20:06:23Z")
> [@grude](#): > > THC is not water soluble, huh. Have you EVER smoked pot? One does not put the pot in bong water, one uses a bong to cool the smoke, or if you put some juice in the bong, maybe to give a little flavor to the smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135/20 "2015-05-29T20:08:12Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Were there any breakfast cereals? If you can stretch the definition to include brownies, yes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-just-been-shopping-in-denver-pot-stores/721135.md?page=2)