Connecticut’s adult-use marijuana sale reached another record in July for the seventh consecutive month, according to state data.
The Department of Consumer Protection released its latest sales figures on Thursday. They show that $13 million was spent in the state for recreational cannabis last month. This is about $500,000 higher than the previous month and almost three times more than what the state saw in the first month of January.
The combined medical marijuana sales for July totaled $23.6 million. This is a slight drop from the combined record of $23.8 million for marijuana sales set in June.
Connecticut has spent $146 million on cannabis since adult-use sales started in January.
In July, the adult-use marijuana sales exceeded those for medical purposes for the third consecutive month. People bought 324,177 recreational cannabis products in July, compared with 279,240 products of medical marijuana.
Department of Health and Human Services released statistics on the type of marijuana products that consumers buy. Cannabis flower accounted for 52 percent, while vapes accounted for 31 percent, and edibles accounted 11 percent.
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 reach of pets and children.
Connecticut appears to be experiencing the same commercial trends as other states after legalizing cannabis, with the medical 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 grow 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 to grow cannabis “responsibly.”
Connecticut is not the only state that has seen record marijuana sales in recent month.
In July , three other Northeastern States–Maine Massachusetts and Rhode Island- also each set new records in cannabis sales.
Illinois retailers outside the region sold 140 million dollars worth of recreational marijuana in the month of July. This was the highest sales total of the year, and the second-highest monthly total in the state since adult-use markets launched in 2020.
Maryland’s legal cannabis sales reached a record high of $87.4 millions in July – the first month after the launch of the recreational market. State data confirms this. The state’s combined medical and recreational sales reached over $10,000,000 during the first weekend.
Since the adult-use marijuana market was opened in February, Missouri has sold about $4 million of marijuana each day in average. The state also saw a record $121.2 in cannabis purchases.
Michigan marijuana sales hit a record high of almost $261 million during June, according to state data.
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In Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat from Connecticut, recently signed a bill to give state tax relief to licensed cannabis businesses who are currently not allowed to make federal deductions due to an Internal Revenue Service code called 280E.
In June, the governor also signed a separate cannabis omnibus law that contained a number of reforms. These included the establishment of offsite event permits for marijuana retailers, 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 to expand the state’s legalization of marijuana and expungements laws, by requiring that courts reduce sentences or dismiss charges when a wide range of cannabis-related charges are committed and, therefore, release those who are currently imprisoned on these charges.
In May, the House passed a bill that would criminalize 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 government 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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