Connecticut adult-use marijuana sales reached another record high for the seventh month in a row in July, state data shows.
The state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) released the latest sales totals on Thursday, showing $13 million in recreational cannabis purchases last month. That’s about $500,000 more than the prior month and nearly three times as much as the state saw during the opening month in January.
Medical marijuana sales amounted to $10.6 million for July, for a combined total of $23.6 million. That’s slightly down compared to the combined $23.8 million record for marijuana sales that was set in June.
Since adult-use sales began in January, Connecticut cannabis purchases have collectively totaled about $146 million.
July also marked the third month in a row where adult-use sales exceeded medical marijuana purchases. People purchased 324,177 products recreational cannabis products during the month, compared to 279,240 medical marijuana products.
The department also released data showing the types of marijuana items that consumers are buying, with 52 percent of sales coming from cannabis flower, 31 percent from vape products and 11 percent from edibles.
“The preliminary data does not include taxes collected at the point of sale on adult-use transactions and is
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