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Colorado: Regulated Marijuana Sales For 2015 Total Nearly A Billion Dollars


Colorado: Regulated Marijuana Sales For 2015 Total Nearly A Billion DollarsDenver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2016.  Licensed sales of marijuana totaled nearly one billion dollars in 2015, according to economic data provided by the Department of Revenue.

Licensed retail stores sold $996,184,788 worth of cannabis in the past year, resulting in $135 million in new tax revenue. As mandated by state law, $35 million in tax revenue was earmarked for public school construction projects.

Total sales in 2015 far exceeded those of 2014, during which time retailers sold just under $700 million in cannabis-related products.

Legal cannabis sales nationwide are anticipated to surpass $21 billion annually by 2020, according to a recently released report by ArcView Market Research.

Source: http://www.norml.org


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