According to the Department of Consumer Protection, Connecticut saw a record-breaking $24 million combined medical and recreational marijuana sales in June. Connecticut cannabis sales have totaled $122 million since adult-use sales started six months ago, in January.
June was also the second consecutive month that adult-use marijuana sales ($12.5 millions) exceeded medical cannabis purchases ($11.3million). In June, people purchased 313,510 recreational cannabis products, while 303,293 were medical marijuana products.
Department of Health and Human Services released statistics on the type of marijuana products that consumers buy. Of all cannabis items sold, 53 percent were cannabis flowers, 25 percent were vapes, and 10 percent edibles.
DCP stated that the preliminary data did not include the taxes collected on adult-use transactions at the point of sales. The department will review the data further. Medical marijuana patients don’t pay tax on their medicine.
The department said that adults who consume cannabis should do so responsibly. This includes storing the products in their original packaging and keeping them out of the reach of pets and children.
Connecticut appears to be experiencing the same commercial trends as other states after legalizing cannabis, with the medical marijuana market slowly dwindling away as the adult-use program matures and grows.
Connecticut reported that people spent around $22 millions on marijuana in March. However, medical cannabis was the main driver.
As of July 1, Connecticut adults aged 21 and over can now start cultivating their own marijuana plants to use for personal purposes. This is one of the newest provisions to come into effect under the state’s legalization of cannabis.
Before the law became effective, DCP issued a notice to to remind the public of the policy change. The notice outlined the rules, and encouraged people who chose to participate in the program to “cultivate cannabis responsibly.”
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Gov. Ned Lamont, (D), recently signed a bill to provide tax relief at the state level to licensed marijuana businesses who are currently not allowed to make federal deductions due to an Internal Revenue Service code (IRS) known as 280E.
The governor also signed a separate cannabis omnibus law last month. It contains several reforms including the establishment of offsite event permits for marijuana retail stores, the restriction of intoxicating hemp products, and the creation of a new Office of the Cannabis Ombudsman.
Connecticut’s House of Representatives passed a bill, in May, that would expand the state’s legalization of marijuana and expungements laws, by requiring courts reduce sentences or dismiss charges, for a broader range of cannabis related convictions, and release those who are currently imprisoned on these charges.
In May, the House passed a bill that would criminalize the possession of psilocybin mushroom.
However, neither of these bills was taken up by Senate before the end of legislative session.
Lamont also announced in January the state had cleared almost 43,000 records of marijuana-related convictions. In 2021, the legalization bill that Lamont signed became law. It empowered the state to facilitate mass cannabis remission .
Connecticut prosecutors announced that in April they had dismissed over 1,500 pending marijuana case and modified about 600 others following a review, as part of Connecticut’s criminal erasure post-legalization program.
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