Massachusetts has reached another marijuana milestone, with officials announcing that the state has surpassed $9 billion in adult-use cannabis purchases since the market launched in 2018.
According to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), Massachusetts recreational marijuana sales hit the $9 billion mark as of February 4. The update also notes that the state saw $1.65 billion in cannabis purchases in 2025 alone, and sales this year have already reached $151 million—with a “notable increase of sales preceding the region’s large snowstorm” in late January.
“Every billion-dollar cannabis sales milestone is a reminder that this new sector supports thousands of jobs and transitions thousands of customers from the unregulated market,” Shannon O’Brien, chair of the CCC, said in a press release. “Each purchase is an investment in a legal, local business offering safely tested products to adult consumers to help fund any number of state operations and services.”
CCC Executive Director Travis Ahern added that sales achievements like this “demonstrate the significant impact of a highly regulated industry that is still less than a decade old.”
“The entire Commonwealth stands to benefit because cannabis tax revenue supports vital programs and services, from the [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] to the Cannabis Social
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