Price of Weed explained

Price of Weed
Url:http://www.priceofweed.com/
Commercial:No
Type:User generated database
Registration:None
Launch Date:2010
Current Status:Online

Price of Weed (or priceofweed.com) is a user-generated database of marijuana prices. Users may submit prices and quantities for transactions, and their location is geolocated in order to generate a price index for states and cities. While user-generated prices have no inherent check on accuracy, the criminal status of marijuana in many countries means a formal price index may be difficult to construct.[1] [2]

In August 2011, Matthew Zook, a professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, generated a detailed heatmap using data from the site.[3] The map was included in an issue of Wired[4] and drew attention to Price of Weed from Barry Ritholtz's Big Picture and Flowing Data.[5] [6] In 2014, Allen B. Downey, a professor from Olin College, utilized data from Price of Weed in his book Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers (Second Edition).[7] In May 2015, Frank Bi of Forbes published a piece title All 50 States Ranked By The Cost Of Weed.[8] In June 2015, The Washington Post generated a detailed infographic portraying pricing data from 8 major US cities. This marks the first data shared publicly portraying a time series of data by city from Price of Weed.[9] In August 2015, Mingshu Wang from The Department of Geography at University of Georgia generated a detailed graphic portraying the crowdsourced data from The Price of Weed.[10] In October 2016, David Floyd of Investopedia published an infographic in a post titled What Does Weed Cost in Your State?[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Debate brews over Oregon marijuana prices. February 14, 2012. Natural Resources Report. March 8, 2012. August 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807042919/http://naturalresourcereport.com/2012/02/debate-brews-over-oregon-marijuana-prices/. live.
  2. Web site: How Much Does Marijuana Cost In YOUR Area? This Awesome Internet Map Will Tell You. Weisenthal, Joe. Business Insider. September 14, 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20120709150131/http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-09-14/news/30040486_1_cpi-data-map. July 9, 2012.
  3. Web site: The Price of Weed. Zook, Matthew. Floating Sheep. 2012-03-08. 2012-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060955/http://www.floatingsheep.org/2011/08/price-of-weed.html. live.
  4. Infoporn: The Price of Pot. Bird, Cameron. 9. August 30, 2011. Wired. 19. March 11, 2017. February 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140217141309/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/st_infoporn_pot/. live.
  5. Web site: Price of weed. Flowing Data. August 29, 2011. March 8, 2012. January 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115013546/http://flowingdata.com/2011/08/29/price-of-weed/. live.
  6. Web site: The Price Of Weed in the US. Ritholtz, Barry. The Big Picture. August 31, 2011. March 8, 2012. July 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120709040726/http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/08/the-price-of-weed-in-the-us/. live.
  7. Web site: Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers. Downey, Allen. 2014. 2015-07-31. 2015-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150804045851/http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats2/index.html. live.
  8. Web site: All 50 States Ranked By The Cost Of Weed. Bi, Frank. Forbes. May 12, 2015. September 8, 2017. October 3, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171003133215/https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankbi/2015/05/12/the-most-and-least-expensive-states-to-buy-marijuana/. live.
  9. News: How the price of pot differs in 50 states and 8 major cities. Swanson, Ana. The Washington Post. June 22, 2015. September 8, 2017. July 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710152345/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/22/how-the-price-of-pot-differs-in-50-states-and-8-major-cities/. live.
  10. Wang, Mingshu. Crowdsourcing the landscape of cannabis (marijuana) of the contiguous United States. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 48. 8. 1449–1451. August 12, 2015. 10.1177/0308518X15598541. free.
  11. Web site: What Does Weed Cost in Your State?. Floyd. David. 2016-10-03. en-US. 2016-10-05. 2016-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20161004160615/http://www.investopedia.com/news/what-does-weed-cost-your-state/. live.

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