(The Center Square) – Since legal sales began in January, Illinois’ adult-use cannabis stores have sold more than $500 million worth of the drug, and sales continue to increase despite the pandemic.
While restaurants and bars across the state experience continued losses because of more COVID-19 mitigation orders, Illinois’ 73 adult-use cannabis stores sold more than $75.2 million of pot in October.
Sales for the recreational stores across the state have continued to grow month-after-month. October sales were $7.6 million more than the month before.
Since September, the state added nine more dispensaries that only sell adult-use cannabis, not medical cannabis, which comes at much lower tax rates than the upward of 40 percent tax on recreational pot. A special license is needed to access medical cannabis.
October’s sales figures published by the state earlier this month brings the total to more than $506…
