Amherst

Law Enforcement

Amherst could feel like a hippie town, right down to the parents who blazed. Still, police and the more buttoned-up adults could make a fuss. Large parking lots were best avoided at night, especially with Officer Foster’s red pickup around. Leverett was another option people talked about for a smoke in the mountains, ten minutes out in the boonies.

Where to Buy Marijuana

Rao’s Coffee was a local hangout for smokers. With two colleges and a university, there was plenty of college bud. Hampshire College was a free bus ride from the centre and felt like a weed campus, with an informal estimate of one in five people smoking. People also mentioned the Boulders and Southpoint apartments, though it helped to know somebody. An upfront payment could buy dirt or disappear with the person who took it.

Marijuana Prices

• Mids: US$10 per gram, around US$35 for an eighth, US$55–65 for a quarter, US$120 for a half ounce and US$220 for an ounce
• An alternate mids quote had eighths at US$30–50 and quarters at US$55–80
• Headies: US$20 per gram, US$45–55 for an eighth, US$70–80 for a quarter, US$140–180 for a half ounce and US$300–450 for an ounce

Types of Marijuana

Mostly headies and high mids. The best batches tended to come from California or through Boston, which often got its weed from California too. Every once in a while there was exceptional Haze, hydro or Sour Diesel. Lots of stoners, lots of weed and one hookah shop.

More Information

Behind Cousins Market, a tiny back alley had room for about six people and sometimes already had smokers in it. The woods next to the regional high school track were another spot, and Skillings Path nearer the middle school was a quiet place that called for more caution. The local scene liked to claim Amherst as the birthplace of Sour Diesel. UMass had a Coalition for Cannabis Reform. For more culture and more weed, Northampton was west down Route 9.