# Street Talk about Pot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521 "2001-02-22T22:51:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Delila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Delila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delila)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521/1 "2001-02-22T22:51:08Z")

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In the old days…not so long ago.  
A Nickel Bag of Pot was $5 and a Dime Bag was $10. Is it the same today? What is the lingo these days?

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521/2 "2001-02-22T23:30:20Z")

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The fractional ounce is the unit of measure these days (or so I’m told ;)).

An ‘Eighth’ is a 1/8 Oz. and will cost $35.00 and up depending on the quality.  
A ‘Quarter’ is 1/4 Oz, and so on.

Or so I’m told.

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**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521/3 "2001-02-23T03:49:45Z")

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As far as I know, “nickel bags” are still $5 and “dime bags” are still $10. I know this because I had a dealer briefly who sold dime bags. However, I recall that everyone who bought from him expressed wonder, as in “yeah, that guy still sells DIME BAGS!” Kind of like finding that one little shop run by a little old man who still sells Coke in glass bottles.

However, I also recall that the dime bags were full of seeds and the weed was of very low quality. I think in most big cities these days (at least on the east coast) you CAN’T get good weed for less than $30 and eighth, and even then you’re pushing it.

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**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-talk-about-pot/55521/4 "2001-02-23T05:17:18Z")

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Nicks are still $5 and dimes are still $10, but prices may increase pending the quality/breed of said weed.