$25 Million in Marijuana Was Sold Legally in January

In Connecticut, legal marijuana sales were around $25 million.

Data compiled and released by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection shows that there was $24,990,207 in legal marijuana sold in January, $9.37 million of which was sold to medical marijuana patients. This falls short of the record-breaking $27 million sold in December, but is far ahead of the $13.1 million sold in January of 2023.

In 2023, the yearly total came to $274 million, average $22.8 million a month.

Connecticut’s recreational marijuana law was passed in 2021, with the first marijuana store opening in January, 2023. Under the law those 21 and older can possess up to one and a half ounces of marijuana in public and up to five ounces in a locked container. They can also grow up to six plants for personal use, three of which can be mature.

Marijuana and marijuana products can be purchased legally through licensed marijuana retail outlets and dispensaries, which are supplied by licensed growers and processors. Legal marijuana must be tested through a licensed marijuana testing lab.

Medical marijuana was first legalized in Connecticut in 2012, with dispensaries opening the following year.

In October the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) doubled the purchase limit for recreational marijuana, from a quarter of an ounce per transaction to half an ounce.