Marijuana sales in Maine reached a new monthly record in July, with a total of $22,861,337 in sales across 424,941 transactions.

This surpasses the previous month’s total and sets a new benchmark for the state’s cannabis industry, topping the previous record of $21.7 million sold in August 2023.

According to the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy, the average price per gram of dried marijuana in July was $7.20, a decrease of $0.05 from June’s average, and $0.02 higher than the all-time low of $7.18 set in April of this year.
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In July, there was more legal marijuana sold in Montana than any previous month.

There was $28,717,104 worth of marijuana sold legally July, according to data compiled and released by the Montana Department of Revenue. This breaks the single-month record of $28,697,312 set in August 2023.

$24,899,839 of the total marijuana sales in July were purchased by recreational consumers, with $3,817,266 purchased by medical marijuana dispensaries.
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With the election less than three months away, it won’t be long before Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to make their state just the third to legalize certain psychedelics such as psilocybin.

Question 4, put forth by the nonprofit Massachusetts for Mental Health Options (MMHO), would legalize the possession and personal cultivation of up to one gram of DMT, 18 grams of non-peyote mescaline, 30 grams of Ibogaine, one gram of psilocybin, and one gram of psilocin. Possessing up to twice this amount would be punishable by a fine of up to $100.

The initiative aims to “expand mental health treatment options in Massachusetts by providing new pathways to access natural psychedelic medicine therapy,” including “creating access to natural psychedelic medicine therapy and removing criminal penalties for personal possession of these medicines.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate, marking the first time in U.S. history that both members of a major party’s presidential ticket openly support the legalization of marijuana.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kamala Harris, a former US senator and attorney general from California, has long been a vocal advocate for marijuana reform. During her tenure in the Senate, she co-sponsored the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which would have descheduled marijuana at the federal level, and expunge certain cannabis-related convictions. Although she opposed legalization as attorney general, Harris announced her support for legalizing marijuana in 2019, a stance that has remained consistent ever since.

Earlier this year Harris said “we need to legalize marijuana“, becoming the first vice president to ever declare support for legalization while in office.
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The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation announced a recall Tuesday for thousands of marijuana products sold to dispensaries by NGWMO, LLC, a cultivation facility based in Marceline.

The recall includes 2,649 products from the brand Twenty Twenty. Products include dried marijuana flower, ground flower, and pre-rolls. The full recall list can be found by clicking here.

According to a DCR news release, the products were recalled due to non-compliant testing before being sold to patients and consumers. While the items were tested at the unprocessed bud and flower stage, they were not tested at the final product stage, as mandated by state law. As of Tuesday, no adverse effects had been reported.
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July broke the monthly record for recreational marijuana sales in Rhode Island.

According to the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulations, there was $8.04 million worth of recreational marijuana sold in July, in addition to $2.04 million in medical marijuana sales. Although the combined $10.08 falls narrowly short of the record-setting $10.20 million sold in December, the $8.04 million in recreational marijuana sold is a new monthly record for the state.

This brings the total sales for 2024 to $68,597,681, with an average transaction amount of $37.02. Last year, the total sales amounted to $107,816,615, contributing approximately $15 million in tax revenue.
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