Mustachian Marijuana

[mxmoney]

MMM says a Mustachian amount of alcohol is around 6 drinks per week, enough to get you good and drunk. What is a Mustacian amount of weed to be using on a weekly basis? What metric do you use?

[Cromacster]

If we're going off what MMM says....about 0.5g vape cartridge per month

[RocketSurgeon]

How much can you grow?

[Sibley]

@mxmoney , you're the fellow who's addicted, knows it, and is trying to figure out how to spend less money without fixing the underlying problem: the addiction. Please, stop trying to ask us how to spend less money on your drug of choice and go get help.

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/ask-a-mustachian/frugal-marijuana-use-95533/

[mm1970]

I'm gonna go with zero?

[partdopy]

If you're regularly so high that you forgot about posting this same question a few weeks ago, you might smoke too much pot

[Cromacster]

I'm gonna go with zero?

why zero?

[MrThatsDifferent]

@mxmoney , you're the fellow who's addicted, knows it, and is trying to figure out how to spend less money without fixing the underlying problem: the addiction. Please, stop trying to ask us how to spend less money on your drug of choice and go get help.

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/ask-a-mustachian/frugal-marijuana-use-95533/

+1

[twistedfirestarter]

If you're regularly so high that you forgot about posting this same question a few weeks ago, you might smoke too much pot

I think we can be a kinder to the op rather than making fun of them.

@mxmoney Perhaps you could look at is as a hobby and then it would be comparable with budgets of others who don’t smoke?

I’ve had periods in my life where I’ve been a regular weed smoker, I think it was a safety blanket which kept me from fully engaging with adult life.

Weed addiction isn’t physical like alcohol or nicotine but doesn’t mean it’s not hard to get it out of your routine, you’ll probably end up hanging out with a different group of friends but this is ok, getting the fog lifted is well worth it.

[Cool Friend]

Since marijuana is a non-essential, of course the optimum amount of money to spend on it is $0, but I don't think it's realistic to expect you to go from how much you're smoking to nothing all of a sudden.  Nothing habituated dies that easily without a lot of external support.

It's hard to say how much is a frugal amount to spend on a "vice."  Let's say we're using the MMM beer numbers.  A six-pack of quality beer where I live is $10 (it will be less for you I'm sure, as I live in a HCOL area).  That's about $40 a month.  An 1/8 of quality Devil's Lettuce in my area is $60 IIRC.  So I'd say if you're smoking a little under an 1/8 a month, that's not bad.

I know that's a lot less than you smoke now, but I also think you're getting very diminished returns on the quantity you're smoking.  Your body has certainly built up a major tolerance, so a lot of what you're consuming is wasted. 

I think I remember from your other thread that one of the obstacles you're facing with cutting back is that your partner is also a prodigious smoker. Have you had a conversation with him about your desire to cut back and curtail your spending?

[trollwithamustache]

How much can you grow?

This. assuming of course, no grow lights, ect. 

That just speculation though, I personalty never inhaled.

[Dancin'Dog]

MMM says a Mustachian amount of alcohol is around 6 drinks per week, enough to get you good and drunk. What is a Mustacian amount of weed to be using on a weekly basis? What metric do you use?

So, you can't decide if you're wasting too much money smoking pot?


I thought everybody learned in college that you buy an Oz & sell 3 Quarters to your stupid friends, so yours is free.  Where did you go to school?  ;)

[HipGnosis]

The metric to use for discretional spending is:
Whatever you can afford after paying your bills, saving for non-monthly bills and funding your investments per your FIRE plan.
Have you submitted a case study?