Illinois pot dispensaries ring up record monthly sales

State’s 110 licensed stores reported $115M in recreational cannabis purchases in April

The latest total is about $6 million more in sales than pot shops had rung up in March. (Getty)
The April total is about $6 million more in sales than pot shops tallied up in March. (Getty)

April showered Illinois marijuana retailers with sales.

Statewide cannabis dispensaries reported nearly $115 million in recreational pot purchases last month, another record for the expanding market, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The latest total is about $6 million more in sales than pot shops had rung up in March, which was itself a record, according to data from the state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Medical marijuana sales were not reported.

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Illinois’ nascent recreational cannabis industry has grown steadily since the statewide law took effect January 2020, though it got off to a slow start because of the pandemic.

The state’s 110 licensed dispensaries recorded about $80 million in recreational pot items sold to Illinois residents, with $35 million from out-of-state buyers, the Tribune reported.

In the first year that recreational weed was legalized, the state recorded over $1 billion in purchases. That number is expected to go higher this year.

[Tribune] — Alexi Friedman