I guess it depends where you are in the US. Shitty weed is easy to get. But as for a wide selection of strains, well that depends also, but I think you will find that the majority of the time it is the same as the UK. Dealers just sell what they have and they don't really know too much onformation on what they are selling. Hell, most don't know shit about cannabis. If you have a wide variety of strains to choose from you definately have the hookup, but that is pretty rare.