2022 Total Cannabis Sales and Market Projections of East Coast States

A roundup of 2022 sales performances and projections of both established in emerging adult-use cannabis markets on the East Coast.

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Andriana Ruscitto
February 1, 2023
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Source: BDSA’s Global Cannabis Market Forecasts: Fall 2022
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Sales sources: Maine adult-use sales figures courtesy of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services; Massachusetts adult-use sales figures courtesy of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission; New Jersey adult-use sales figures courtesy of the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. *These dates indicate when voters approved adult-use measures. Governors later signed legislation to finalize legalization.
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