Recreational and medical cannabis sales in New Mexico topped $38.5 million in May, according to the state’s marijuana regulator.
The total broke down to $21.1 million in adult-use sales and $17.4 million in MMJ transactions, New Mexico’s Cannabis Control Division (CCD) said in a news release.
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“These sales figures depict a steady pace that we expected when adult-use cannabis was legalized,” CCD Director Kristen Thomson said in the release.
The New Mexico recreational market launched a little more than two months ago to hot consumer demand and brisk, first-month sales that neared $40 million, according to state data.
That means the second month of sales was almost on par with the first, down by about $1 million: In April, New Mexico marijuana retailers sold $22.1 million of adult-use cannabis and $17.3 million of MMJ products.
The cities with the highest sales totals in May included Albuquerque, Santa
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