Colorado sold 17 tons of retail marijuana in first legal year

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Colorado sold 17 tons of retail marijuana in first legal year

BY DANIEL WALLIS
DENVER Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:47pm EST

(Reuters) - Consumers in Colorado bought more than 17 tons of recreational marijuana buds during the first year of the state's new retail market, but sales of medicinal pot still outstripped that at almost 50 tons, officials said on Friday.

In a national first, voters in Colorado and Washington state opted to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults in landmark twin ballots in 2012. The first retail stores opened in Colorado on Jan 1, 2014.

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In its first annual report, the Colorado Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division said 109,578 pounds (49.7 tons) of medical marijuana flowers were sold in 2014, while 38,660 pounds (17.5 tons) were sold on the retail market.

But recreational sales of pot-infused edible products, such as candies and cookies, outstripped medical sales by about 2.85 million units to 1.96 million, the report said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/27/us-usa-marijuana-colorado-idUSKBN0LV2JQ20150227

[enough]

1. And where I live, they're putting people in jail for personal-use growing

as we speak. DAs and cops crowing about their great victories in the war on Drugs. (Suburban SE PA.)

[Arwinnick]

2. Same here

In TaliBama

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. I just read an article on legalization efforts across the US the other day

Got tickled at one of the state clowns in PA who was asked about epileptic children and responded by saying something to the affect that it is too new and untested for medical use. This, as we near the 20 year anniversary of MMJ in California (1996). Don't know whether this guy is just that out of touch, or he is merely regurgitating what his reefer-madness-educated constituents believe.

[TeamPooka]

3. So it's actually 67 tons sold in CO last year. Awesome. Prohibition is a failed public policy. nt