Houston ranks near the bottom among major metro areas for cannabis, report says

The downtown Houston skyline is visible from the roof of the Galleria Doubletree Hotel in Houston, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023
The downtown Houston skyline is visible from the roof of the Galleria Doubletree Hotel in Houston, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023

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Houston ranks as one of the worst cities in the country for cannabis consumers, according to a new report from Real Estate Witch and Leafly.

The report takes the nation’s top 50 metropolitan areas and using a formula, orders the cities in terms of which one is best for people who use the substance. Several metrics were used to determine rank, such as local cannabis laws, the cost of weed, the number of dispensaries and Google Trends data.

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Houston ranked as the fourth-worst city in the study.

The only cities that ranked lower than Houston were Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; and Louisville, Kentucky.

Two other Texas cities were included on the list but neither of them ranked highly. Austin was ranked 34th and San Antonio was ranked 35th.

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The report says an ounce of high-quality cannabis in Houston costs $313.67 while the average price of an ounce of mid-quality cannabis is $234.15. There are also just 0.5 marijuana retailers for every 100,000 residents, according to the report.

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Denver, Colorado, ranked as the No. 1 weed city in the country followed by Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The lone city in the top 15 that doesn’t have legal recreational marijuana is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Real Estate Witch is an online site that connects people with realtors. Leafly is a platform that helps users find and buy weed products.

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