Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 5:56:47 GMT -6
Licensed and regulated marijuana stores in Colorado sold $996,184,788 worth of recreational and medical cannabis in 2015, according to new data from the state Department of Revenue.
“I think it’s ethical to round that up to a billion,” cannabis industry attorney Christian Sederberg said Tuesday upon first hearing the 2015 totals.
Colorado recreational marijuana sales first started on Jan. 1, 2014.
Colorado also collected more than $135 million in marijuana taxes and fees in 2015 — more than $35 million of which is earmarked for school construction projects.
Read more: www.thecannabist.co/2016/02/09/colorado-marijuana-sales-2015-reach-996-million/47886/
“I think it’s ethical to round that up to a billion,” cannabis industry attorney Christian Sederberg said Tuesday upon first hearing the 2015 totals.
Colorado recreational marijuana sales first started on Jan. 1, 2014.
Colorado also collected more than $135 million in marijuana taxes and fees in 2015 — more than $35 million of which is earmarked for school construction projects.
Read more: www.thecannabist.co/2016/02/09/colorado-marijuana-sales-2015-reach-996-million/47886/