Annual cannabis sales in California declined in 2022 for the first time since the state launched its adult-use market five years ago, according to state data analyzed by MJBizDaily.
Canada’s cannabis consumers spent 4.52 billion Canadian dollars ($3.35 billion) on regulated adult-use products in 2022, growing 17.9% over 2021’s sales total, according to new retail sales data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
Missouri is set to become the latest red state to launch recreational cannabis sales, with developments no doubt drawing the attention of marijuana operators and voters in neighboring Oklahoma, which will hold a special election next month on whether to legalize adult use.
Medical cannabis sales in Mississippi could commence this week.
Democratic lawmakers in Delaware are making another attempt to legalize and create a recreational cannabis market after several failures over the past decade.
Consumer sales of recreational cannabis products in November 2022 fell in almost every Canadian province and major city, according to newly released data by Statistics Canada.
Montana marijuana retailers sold $202,947,328 worth of recreational cannabis in 2022, the first year of the state’s adult-use program.
Recreational cannabis sales kicked off in Detroit on Wednesday at two medical marijuana dispensaries that recently were licensed to serve adult-use customers.
Recreational cannabis stores in Vermont took in $2.6 million in October, the first month of adult-use sales.
Monthly retail sales of regulated recreational cannabis in Canada declined by 0.8% from September to October, totaling 389.2 million Canadian dollars ($286 million).
Washington state’s cannabis sales slowed this year for the first time since the state began legal adult-use marijuana sales in 2014.
Seven retailers in Connecticut will ring up the first recreational cannabis sales in the state sometime after 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 10.
