Stoner Dictionary | Eighth

Eighth: noun 1. 3.5 grams of marijuana 2. 1/8th of an ounce of marijuana

Example: “My collective sells $45 eighths.”

An eighth when talking Mary Jane refers to 1/8th of an ounce which equals out to 3.5 grams. Everything in the marijuana industry is based off of one pound and breaks down from there. A pound is equal to 16 ounces; an ounce is about 28 grams, so an ounce broken up into 8 equal increments is 3.5 grams. This is the system that medical marijuana dispensaries use within their shops and how someone should generally gauge cost. Now that we’ve got all the math out the way and understand what we’re dealing with,

let’s smoke!