In Montana there was over $200 million in recreational marijuana sold in the first year of legal sales, garnering over $40 million in new taxes for the state.
In total $202,947,328 in recreational marijuana and marijuana products were legally sold in Montana in 2022, the first year such sales were legal. This is according to the Montana Cannabis Control Division, and does not include the $93,616,551 in medical marijuana sold during the same period.
In this first year of sales Montana garnered $41,989,466 in new taxes from recreational marijuana sales, plus an additional $3,744,662 in medical marijuana taxes.
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