Current Events > Colorado cracks a billion in annual marijuana sales in record time, $200m in tax

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https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/18/colorado-cracks-billion-marijuana-sales-record/

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.

Its 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 years record of more than $1.5 billion in sales.

State officials highlighted the industrys growth in a news release Thursday. The release also shared findings from the Marijuana Enforcement Divisions 2018 Mid-Year Update, released Sept. 10.

The quarterly report found Denver, Boulder, El Paso and Pueblo counties are the industrys hot spots, growing 80 percent of all plants in the state as of June.

It also found that while sales of marijuana flower remained relatively steady, sales of edible products and concentrates like hash oil and live resin grew significantly. Between January and June, edibles sales shot up 13.8 percent over the first six months of last year, and concentrates sales skyrocketed, growing 94.6 percent over the same period.

That growth comes as little surprise to Nancy Whiteman. Shes the founder and CEO of Wana Brands, the leading infused products and edibles brand in the state. After clearing $14.2 million in sales last year, Whiteman said her company led by its marquee gummies is on pace for 25 percent growth in 2018. Wana is in the process of ramping up production of a new disposable vaporizer line that Whiteman said uses high-end mechanical components and high-end concentrates.

Continuing sales growth in Colorado can be linked to the shifting demographics of who is buying, in Whitemans view.

I think there has been sort of a stereotype that the cannabis user is a young male, she said. The total pie is growing because new people are entering the market.

Wake the fuck up feds

voldothegr8 posted...

Wake the fuck up feds

Agreed, but not likely while Trump is in charge