Oregon's weed sales are 420% higher than state average along the Idaho border

[jlw]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/01/20/oregons-weed-sales-420-high.html

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[Bemopolis]

Coincidentally, there are three Blaze Pizza locations in Idaho that are thirty miles from the Oregon border.

[hecep]

Oregon counties along the Idaho border have a sales per adult that are 420% above the statewide average, which the report said was something “you cannot make up.”…

… unless you were krunked on your stash.

[davide405]

I wonder how many states will finally legalize, purely from the economic drain of seeing those sweet, sweet tax dollars going to a neighboring state.

(Why do we not have a pot emoji?)

[generic_name]

My standard reaction to news like this is:

“Dude!”

[stephen_schenck]

Oregon’s weed sales are 420% higher than state average along the Idaho border

No, they’re not, and that’s not what the original article said.

Furthermore, and in things you cannot make up, Oregon sales per adult along the Idaho border are 420% the statewide average.

“Is 420% of the average” and “is 420% higher than the average” are not synonymous.

If the way you report it were true, the right bar on this graph would be at around $1040, or $840 more than the ~ $200 state average.

[Franko]

420%? that seems… convenient.

[anon62122146]

Honestly, I’m surprised it’s so low, considering that the metric is per-capita, and those big counties out in Eastern Oregon have like 15 people in them.

[davide405]

Supposedly, when Mt. Everest was first surveyed, the math worked out to exactly 29,000 ft. The surveying party added 2 feet to avoid the impression it was just an estimate.

Mount Everest

Peak XV was given the height of 8,840 m (29,002 ft). Waugh concluded that Peak XV was “most probably the highest in the world”.[19] Peak XV (measured in feet) was calculated to be exactly 29,000 ft (8,839.2 m) high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 ft (8,839.8 m) in order to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet (8,839.2 m) was nothing more than a rounded estimate.[28] Waugh is sometimes playfully credited with being “the first person to put two feet on top of Mount Everest”.[29]

In reporting the number of 420% of the state average, the state of Oregon could have benefited from fudging it a bit to make it seem not quite so on-the-nose.

Edit: grammar, removed extraneous negative

[Taniwha]

And Wendover NV, on the Utah border is full of casinos … dry counties are surrounded by liquor stores … none of this is surprising

[hecep]

@davide405

(Why do we not have a pot emoji?)

Until something usable pops up, this might suffice:

[anon61221983]

@jlw

are 420% above the statewide average

[Papasan]

[RickMycroft]

Obviously the proximity of Idaho makes people tense, requiring extra mellowing.

[knoxblox]

I wonder if anyone has tried using a potato instead of an apple to smoke a bowl?

[Woodchuck45]

We’re waiting with bated breath for NY to legalize sales around here, since the “liberal haven” of VT isn’t going to act anytime soon. The effect on the budgets for the neighboring states can’t be understated.

[lastchance]

Without any prior specific knowledge, I’m going to say yes.

Surely there’s a Rule 34 equivalent for ways to get stoned.

Wait – what if there’s a Rule 34 for Rule 34s? Woah…

[alan_olsen]

Oregon is the Land of Plenty.

[Faffenreffer]

Yes.

Definitely.

Don’t ask me how I know.

#unusalUsesForAPotatoThatDon’tInvolveFallingDownWhileCleaningInTheNude

[Papasan]

@RickMycroft

extra mellowing

Roger That!