Seeking to gauge how much should be grown, Washington state officials said theyamp;rsquo;ve estimated the average pot smokeramp;rsquo;s consumption at a joint every three days. In Washington, that means state sanctioned growers need to cultivate enough marijuana for about 80 million joints, or 123 joints per year for each of the stateamp;rsquo;s roughly 650,000 smokers, The Seattle Times reported Tuesday. The effort to quantify pot consumption is more than a conversation between two high guys wondering how much pot gets smoked in a year, itamp;rsquo;s important for regulatory purposes, officials say. If the state authorizes too little marijuana to be grown it will drive users to illicit drug dealers. If it authorizes too much, the weed will likely flow across state lines where it hasnamp;rsquo;t been legalized.
