Map Shows Pot Laws Don't Affect Price

The number crunchers at Floating Sheep, using data from thousands of reports on the Price of Weed website, have produced a map showing how the retail price of marijuana differs across the USA. Price are unsurprisingly low in pot-growing areas like northern California, but the map also shows that the strictness of state laws against marijuana appear to make no difference to the price.

In Kentucky, where being caught with less than 8 ounces of marijuana for a second time carries a penalty of up to 5 years, prices are much lower than in Minnesota, where possession of anything just over an ounce carries only a small fine—but where growing regions are far away. "Simply put, no matter what kind of legal codes you pass, the laws of supply and demand will supersede them," Gizmodo notes. (More marijuana distribution stories.)