Amid reports of product shortages, adult-use marijuana sales in Connecticut dropped in January for the first time since the market launched in 2023.
Data from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) shows retailers sold more than $15.6 million in adult-use products and $9.37 million in medical products in January, New Haven-based TV station WTNH reported.
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That’s a decline from $17.1 million in adult-use products and $10.3 million in medical products in December.
According to WTNH, the DCP confirmed that an increase in cannabis shopping over the holidays led to product shortages and limited variety in January.
But problems with Connecticut’s adult-use program, which launched in January 2023, were reported before the holidays.
In December, critics of the state’s new recreational cannabis
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