Cannabis Products Menu: How to Read THC, Price, and Weight

Cannabis products menu: the short answer

A cannabis products menu lists what a store sells, grouped by product type. Each line shows the brand, the strain or product name, THC and CBD content, package weight or piece count, and the price. Menus change as batches sell out. Potency numbers come from lab tests, not from the budtender.

Cannabis Menu Online: How to Read a Dispensary Menu

Categories on most menus

• Flower: sold by the gram, eighth (3.5 g), quarter (7 g), half ounce (14 g), ounce (28 g).
• Pre-rolls: single joints, packs of 2 to 5, infused rolls with added concentrate.
• Vape cartridges and disposables: 0.5 g and 1 g tanks, listed with the oil type (distillate, live resin, rosin).
• Concentrates: wax, shatter, budder, rosin, hash. Sold in 0.5 g and 1 g units.
• Edibles: gummies, chocolate, drinks. Labels show THC per piece and THC per package.
• Tinctures, capsules, topicals: drops, gel caps, creams, patches.

How to read THC numbers

Flower potency is a percentage of THC by weight. A 3.5 g jar labeled 20% THC holds about 700 mg of THC. That number assumes full extraction. Smoking and vaping deliver less than 100% of it.

How to Order From a Cannabis Menu: A Dispensary Buying Guide

Edibles are listed in milligrams. A package labeled 10 mg per piece and 100 mg total holds 10 pieces. Tolerance, body weight, and food in the stomach change the effect. A common starting dose is 2.5 mg to 5 mg.

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Concentrates test at 60% to 90% THC. Vape cartridges test at 70% to 90%. These numbers shift with the batch, so read the label on the package in your hand.

Price math

Divide the price by the total THC in milligrams. A $40 eighth at 20% THC carries about 700 mg. That works out to about $0.06 per mg. An $18 pack of 100 mg edibles works out to $0.18 per mg. Compare that ratio across categories before you buy.

Counter menu vs online menu

Some stores run a deli counter. You see the flower, smell it, and buy by weight. Other stores sell sealed packages off a shelf. Online menus lag the shelf by hours or days. Call ahead for batch dates and stock. State rules cap how much one person can buy per visit. Those caps cover flower weight and THC totals in edibles and concentrates.

What sits on a package label

• Batch number and harvest date
• THC, CBD, and minor cannabinoid percentages
• Terpene list on some brands
• Net weight and serving count
• License numbers for the grower and the processor
• A lab report, or COA, tied to the batch

Questions for the budtender

Ask for the harvest date. Ask for the THC range across recent batches of the same strain. Ask which item has the lowest cost per milligram. Ask what is on sale and what the return policy covers. Ask about intake method if the product form is new to you.