Let's start with the basics: good old fashioned marijuana buds. These days, applying fire directly to the flower is considered somewhat crude. Why inhale all that smoke (aka carbon and carcinogens) when there's a cleaner way?

Vaporizers (Balloon and Whip): Vaporizers are more delicate, quickly dehydrating the buds in such a way that all those glorious cannabinoids are released without the burning of plant matter or paper. In the model above, vapor is trapped in a ballon that can then be corked and conveniently passed between participants. The models below utilize a medical grade plastic tube, or "whip" that's attached directly to the machine.

"Herbie" the Herbalizer.

The Hot Box

But what about those who need to smoke on the go? Table vaporizers are great, but they're large and thus difficult to bring on the road. Never fear, there are dozens of companies that specialized in pocket-sized vaporizers that deliver the same potency, no wires required. Just push in a small amount of bud, wait for it to reach the desired temperature, and inhale.

Don't want to carry any actual marijuana buds on your person? That's where things start to get interesting. This little gadget is the Open Vape, and it has completely changed the way people in liberated states think about "smoking" marijuana. Like the vaporizers above, it uses heat to extract vapor, but it's not loaded with typical grass. Instead, it utilizes a disposable cartridge filled with cannabinoid-infused CO2 oil. Charge the pen's internal battery via USB port, and when it's ready just inhale and enjoy. BONUS: the vapor you exhale has almost no marijuana scent.

Mind blown? Well we're just getting started. Weed-infused CO2 oil is just one of many "cannabis concentrates" that are trending in the Wild West. Others include hash oil, wax (created by whipping hash oil), and bubble hash (above), and this magical stuff (below), called "shatter." Shatter is a refined version of a hash oil known as "butane honey oil." It's made using a pressure vacuum and emerges as a thin cake, which ‘shatters’ when you break it. Shatter is very potent, and can be upwards of 90 percent THC.

Consuming these concentrates requires the proper equipment, which means...

You will mostly likely need a dab pen, like one of these. These handy little gadgets operate a lot like the vape pen, except that they have a heating element (called an atomizer) insider instead of a cartridge full of oil.

A piece of shatter or a globule of wax is placed strategically on the coil, the push of a button heats said coil, and the result is a pleasant cloud of dense (and very potent) THC vapor that wafts up into the chamber. And sometimes that chamber just happens to look like a teapot.

If you're not interested in portability, these "oil rigs" are a stylish alternative. These glass pipes filter the concentrate smoke through water for an even cleaner experience.

Eiffel Tower joint. Ashing this would be a nightmare.

While undeniably cool, the above methods still involve the most classic way of ingesting marijuana: smoking. But that's far from the only way to enjoy this plant. Often ignored, even among regular users, tinctures are one of the most efficient ways to consume marijuana. They are a liquid concentration of cannabis, where the THC and cannabinoids have been leached out into alcohol. Just a drop or two under the tongue delivers peak effects within 15 minutes.

Want to eat your cannabis without tasting it? Have a baked good (and we're not talking about the brownies with big chunks of shwag your older brother made in college).

Or a hard candy...

Or a delicious chocolate bar...

Or a pull of cotton candy.

Yes, there's even ice cream.

Not that keen on sweets? No worries. There are lots of savory snacks too. Like these cheesy crackers.

Or this beef jerky.

Heck, you can even drink your weed.

Yes, that's cannabis-infused cold brew coffee.

And artisinal cherry soda.

And for those who would rather cook with their cannabis, there's marijuana butter.

And even olive oil.

It's even possible to use marijuana without ingesting it at all.

Just like the plant itself, those who use cannabis are getting an image upgrade. Legalization is one of the biggest economic opportunities since the Internet.

Which means stereotypes like this...

...are being pushed aside by the reality that THIS is who's growing today's weed.Josh Stanley, a Colorado grower who started a nonprofit, Realm of Caring, to provide medical marijuana to patients who cannot afford it.

And THIS is who's buying it. Sean Azzariti, an Iraq war veteran, was the first person to legally purchase recreational marijuana in Colorado on January 1, 2014.