Officials in at least six states with legal marijuana—Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri and New York—reported hitting their highest-ever monthly sales numbers in August, led by surging summer purchases of adult-use products.
Retailers in Michigan sold $294.2 million in legal cannabis last month, according to data from the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Combined with $1.26 million in medical products, stores tallied $295.4 million in total sales—the most ever recorded in the state.
In Missouri, meanwhile, the state notched $126.15 million in total sales in August, which includes record adult-use purchases of $110 million. Medical marijuana purchases in the state, however, have generally fallen over the course of the past year, reaching just $15.15 million last month, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
The combined amount nevertheless represents the second-highest monthly marijuana sales amount in Missouri history.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
In Connecticut, August’s total combined medical and adult-use sales hit $25.6 million, according to the Department of Health and Human Services—also a new monthly record. The figure includes a most-ever $17.9 million worth of adult-use products and another $7.6 million in medical marijuana.
As for Maine, sales of recreational marijuana in
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