The City of Philadelphia, which decriminalized the possession and use of marijuana in 2014, has been ranked by The Center for Advancing Health (CFAH) according to its cost and consumption.

According to CFAH’s website, “We collect data on weed prices from 140 cities worldwide and rank them from least costly to most expensive for both illegal and legal weed.”

Philly is the nation’s 10th most expensive city for cannabis, 33rd in the world, coming in at $11.3 per gram. Tokyo, Japan is ranked #1 at $33.6 per gram.

By way of contrast, the city is also the 15th largest consumer of cannabis, coming in at 10.6 metric tons per year. New York City is ranked #1 at 62.3 metric tons.

PA state senators introduced legislation to legalize marijuana last month. According to CBS News, the legislation outlines the following goals:

• Legalization of recreational marijuana use for Pennsylvanians 21 and older under the possession limits of 30 grams of cannabis flower, no more than 1,000 milligrams of THC contained in cannabis-infused edible or nonedible products and five grams of cannabis concentrate. 
• Ban the marketing of marijuana products to children and require labeling that the products are not for children.
• Direct the Pennsylvania State Police and Administrative Office of the Courts to arrange for expunging nonviolent marijuana offenses.
• Grant licenses to sell marijuana to social and economic equity applicants. 
• Allows only medical marijuana patients to grow up to five plants for personal therapeutic use. 
• Establishment of an 8% sales tax on marijuana products. Retailers would be required to pay an additional 5% excise tax on cannabis sales.

For the CFAH’s full price index, you can click here. For more on Philly’s marijuana laws, you can read The Inquirer’s article here.

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Screenshots courtesy of CFAH