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Jan 2017
Illinois MMJ market posting record numbers
Illinois’ medical marijuana market is posting record month-to-month increases across a number of categories, overcoming an initial slow start and building on recent gains, new state data show. According to the Illinois Department of Health:- The state’s 49 medical marijuana dispensaries saw a total of more than $36 million in retail sales for 2016.
- For the same year, cultivation centers amassed total wholesale sales of $21.9 million.
- For the month of December alone, MMJ dispensaries sold a total of $5.3 million in product, including $3.05 million in flower and $2.3 million in concentrates and infused-products, the highest