The legal marijuana industry continues to flourish just weeks before three states consider joining the list of legal marijuana states.
Currently 24 states allow legal marijuana possession, with 23 allowing licensed sales (Virginia is the only exception). Of these states, all but Minnesota and Delaware have stores currently open, with those two states expected to have recreational marijuana retail outlets opened next year.
In August, most (but not all) states with licensed marijuana stores have reported sales data for August. Combined, these states recorded $1.955 billion in sales, a new monthly record. This data includes the sale of dried marijuana, as well as marijuana products such as edibles, tinctures, topicals and concentrates, The sale of paraphernalia such as pipes and bongs is not included in this data.
Below is a breakdown of the total sales for each state, in alphabetical order:
- Arizona: $90 million
- California: $343 million
- Colorado: $100 million
- Connecticut: $25 million
- Illinois: $170.9 million
- Maryland: $100 million
- Massachusetts: $145 million
- Maine: $24 million
- Michigan: $300 million
- Missouri: $126.15 million
- Montana: $30 million
- Nevada: $58 million
- New Mexico: $48 million
- New York: $100 million
- Ohio: $84 million
- Oregon: $84 million
- Rhode Island: $10 million
- Vermont: $12 million
- Washington: $105 million
