Marijuana sales in Colorado
exceeded $1 billion as of August of this year, with tax revenue from those
sales coming in at $200 million, according to a report from the Colorado
Department of Revenue and its Marijuana
Enforcement Division.
It’s the earliest point in any of
the four years Colorado has had legal recreational marijuana that combined
medical and rec sales have cracked the billion-dollar mark.
Total combined recreational and medical marijuana sales through August hit $1,022,245,511, according to the MED, setting the state on a trajectory to break last year’s record of more than $1.5 billion in sales.
