DENVER (KDVR) — Marijuana sales figures prove Coloradans were more stressed, bored or otherwise willing to partake than usual last year, Denverites in particular.
Lockdowns and home restrictions were a shot in the arm for at least one section of Colorado’s economy. Marijuana sales from January through November in 2020 topped $2 billion, a record for one of the earliest state adopters of legal recreational pot.
Marijuana delivery approved by Aurora City Council, headed to mayor’s desk for signature
Yearly marijuana sales have more than tripled since the first legal and taxable sales began in 2014. Since that time, Colorado has sold $9.8 billion worth of medical and recreational marijuana.
Like alcohol sales, the pandemic seemed to heat up marijuana purchases. They usually pick up in spring and peak in summer anyway; this year simply had an extra push.
Colorado marijuana sales spiked in April in the midst of a statewide stay-at-home order. They peaked in July, selling $226 million in that month alone. Sales have cooled off but remain higher than any point in previous years.
Sales are overwhelmingly recreational instead of medical. Medical sales, in fact, have stayed roughly even over the last six years while recreational sales take up more and more of the overall share.
A handful of counties either have friendlier environments for…
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DENVER (KDVR) — Marijuana sales figures prove Coloradans were more stressed, bored or otherwise willing to partake than usual last year, Denverites in particular.
Lockdowns and home restrictions were a shot in the arm for at least one section of Colorado’s economy. Marijuana sales from January through November in 2020 topped $2 billion, a record for one of the earliest state adopters of legal recreational pot.
Marijuana delivery approved by Aurora City Council, headed to mayor’s desk for signature
Yearly marijuana sales have more than tripled since the first legal and taxable sales began in 2014. Since that time, Colorado has sold $9.8 billion worth of medical and recreational marijuana.
Like alcohol sales, the pandemic seemed to heat up marijuana purchases. They usually pick up in spring and peak in summer anyway; this year simply had an extra push.
Colorado marijuana sales spiked in April in the midst of a statewide stay-at-home order. They peaked in July, selling $226 million in that month alone. Sales have cooled off but remain higher than any point in previous years.
Sales are overwhelmingly recreational instead of medical. Medical sales, in fact, have stayed roughly even over the last six years while recreational sales take up more and more of the overall share.
A handful of counties either have friendlier environments for…
