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Illinois legal weed sales top $35-million

March was a big month in Illinois for recreational marijuana sales.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — March was a big month in Illinois for recreational marijuana sales.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says sales in March totaled $35,902,543.22. 

Dispensaries across the state sold 812,203 items over the 31-day period. Sales to Illinois residents totaled $27,096,931.23, while sales to out-of-state residents totaled $8,805,611.99. 

These figures do not include taxes collected.

"Medical and adult-use cannabis dispensaries remain open as part of the essential businesses and operations named in Governor Pritzker’s executive order signed on March 20, 2020. Both sides of the cannabis industry were included to ensure the cannabis supplier industry protects medical cannabis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the revenue generated by adult-use cannabis sales funds the important social justice and equity goals at the core of Illinois’ adult-use law."

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