New Cannabis Price Index Allows Consumers to Compare Rates Online
In the midst of a quickly growing cannabis industry, two entrepreneurs have taken the business of cannabis to a new level; a stock-market style cannabis price index.
Launched in February by creators Joseph Slotin and Matthew Hudson, the new online Cannabis Price Index is comprised of data, such as in-store listings, compiled from legal outlets; right now it’s solely 
based on medical cannabis sales, although they plan to show recreational prices as well once legal markets are in place. The primary goal is to determine the daily average price (and THC content) of cannabis per gram across the country. Additionally, this site provides a perfect comparison of prices for patients, ranging from the cheapest cannabis available, to the most expensive on the market.
Patients can search based on specific cities, products and prices – for both concentrates and dried cannabis. Those browsing can search categories for favorite types of cannabis, via lists like the Kush Index, the Fruit Flavored Index, the Kief Index, the Bubble Hash Index, or even for individual strains such as the Grape Ape and Jack Herer Indexes. Each listing not only shows a range of locations where patients can find the product they are looking for with side-by-side price comparisons, it also links directly to their websites so you can find the businesses easily.
Ideally, this index will help patients, especially those new to the market, better understand what the standard is for medical cannabis, in regards to price and quality.
According to Mr. Hudson, the Cannabis Price Index is similar to cannabis what Priceline is to index airline prices.
-TheJointBlog
KissmeNutz
A brilliant idea. do they cover australia in their index? I need some weed for chronic pain as well as recreational,
Craig
Need better labeling on the chart. Nothing indicates the unit of cannabis that the price will buy. I can guess what that is, but of course, I shouldn’t have to guess, it should stand on it’s own. Especially a new patient might not have the background to make an educated guess.
MatthewCPI
Thanks everyone for the feedback and especially The Joint Blog for the writeup! We’re thrilled to see it.
Craig, we’ve updated the chart labels to include the “1 gram” label.
KissmeNutz, right now Australia doesn’t have a retail system set up for us to track. If that changes, we’ll certainly be looking at the possibility of serving Australian visitors with local data!
fake and gay
these prices are bullshit. If you pay over 10 a gram for medication you’re a stupid fuck and you are perpetuating this “big business” kind of attitude that should not be involved with marijuana