Marijuana Storage
If you’re going to invest in marijuana, and we know you will, you really should take the time to store it properly so it stays fresh and works at peak performance. If stored the right way, pot can pack its usual punch a few years after it’s stored—not that anyone has ever found that out.
Envelope, Folded Paper, Aluminum Foil
The only time it’s acceptable to use any of these storage methods is if not using them would cause someone to literally die. Otherwise, never use these. Ever. With one exception. If you’re traveling somewhere and don’t want to carry paraphernalia, it’s cool to store the bud in aluminum foil and then use the foil to build a disposable pipe.
Plastic Baggie
These are fine for getting your weed home from the supplier, or if you’re going to smoke it all in a day or so. But if you’ve scored a lid that should last a week or more, you shouldn’t leave it in the standard plastic baggie—the buds can get crushed, the weed dries out, and the aroma escapes. Think of it like goldfish; you don’t leave them in the plastic baggie when you get them home, do you?
Air-Tight Jar
Now you’re talking. The air-tight glass jar is the best way to store weed on a regular basis. Get a few of them, and use the proper size depending on how much you’re holding—pack them as full of bud as possible to reduce the amount of extra air. If you’re using see-through jars, store them out of the light—or better than that, get dark-colored jars.
Vacuum Pack
If you have one of those food vacuum-pack machines, you can store some weed in the airfree air-tight plastic for up to a few years, and when you unseal it, it will be as real as the day you stored it. This is a good way to do secret stashes. Keep it in a cool and dark place.
Light and Temp
Never store your buds in direct light—light kills the trichomes in the weed, and trichomes get you high.
Never store your buds above a heat source like the oven, HVAC vent, refrigerator, etc.—it dries them out.
Never store your buds in the fridge or freezer—cold destroys the trichomes, and you just learned a second ago that that is not a good thing.