Cannabis Caviar: $1,400-an-ounce marijuana promises a bang for

 your buck

"This isn't stuff you are sitting around puffing all day," says Jake, general

manager of the ReLeaf Center, a Denver dispensary that's selling caviar

made in house for $60 a gram. "This is the definition of a one-hitter quitter."

It ain't your grandpa's pot. Caviar is made by soaking marijuana buds in a

potent stain of hash oil -- thick, sticky and concentrated liquid cannabis made

from dissolving hashish or marijuana in solvents like acetone, alcohol or

butane. Once the oil's soaked into the marijuana buds, the whole shebang is

allowed to dry for several weeks or months.

The result is a potent marijuana smorgasbord: high-grade marijuana, with

between 5 and 20 percent THC, infused with 30 to 80 percent THC hash oil.

It also burns for long periods of time, notes Jake, although he adds a word of

caution about taste: "It's rough."

People looking for a smooth-tasting product should look elsewhere, he says.

"It's for people who want to smoke less, need longer effects, or have medical

needs that absolutely require them to take large amounts of THC in. It's going

to have a stronger medical benefit."

That's putting it mildly. To try some for yourself, keep an eye out for "caviar"

on the top shelf of your local dispensary. It's also been called

"California Raisins," though as Jake notes, "That name is falling out of favor

in the ongoing weed war between Colorado and California."

And with stuff like caviar, we just might have one up on our marijuana-loving

neighbors to the west.