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Massachusetts dispensaries sell $2.2 million worth of marijuana within first week of retail sales
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The only two marijuana dispensaries licensed to sell recreational weed in Massachusetts reported Tuesday combined sales of more than $2 million dollars during the first five days of catering to retail customers.
Massachusetts regulators said the pair of pot shops selling marijuana under the state’s newly implemented system for taxing and regulating recreational sales sold $2,217,621.13 worth of related products between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25, excluding Nov. 22 when both dispensaries were closed for Thanksgiving.
The two marijuana dispensaries sold a total of 56,380 items during the five-day span, with the typical retail transaction consisting of a customer purchasing an average of 3.4 items at a cost of $39.33, according to numbers released by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. Individual items range from marijuana flower and pre-rolled joints, to infused edibles and oils, among other products.
Massachusetts voted in 2016 to legalize marijuana and launch a system for retail sales, and earlier this month it became the seventh state in the nation to establish a program permitting adults to legally purchase the plant from licensed dispensaries for recreational purposes. Regulators have only licensed two dispensaries to sell retail marijuana, however, making both pot shops singlehandedly responsible for generating the more than $2.2 million in sales recorded last week.
Massachusetts previously legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes in 2012, and both of the dispensaries licensed to sell recreational pot, New England Treatment Access in Northampton and Cultivate in Leicester, cater to medical patients as well as recreational customers.
The commission’s statistics does not account for medical sales, which are regulated by the state Department of Public Health.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/28/massachusetts-marijuana-dispensaries-sell-22-milli/
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Millions of dollars in recreational marijuana sales reported in Mass.
WMUR-TV
Published on Nov 28, 2018
The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business.
Massachusetts dispensaries sell $2.2 million worth of marijuana within first week of retail sales
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The only two marijuana dispensaries licensed to sell recreational weed in Massachusetts reported Tuesday combined sales of more than $2 million dollars during the first five days of catering to retail customers.
Massachusetts regulators said the pair of pot shops selling marijuana under the state’s newly implemented system for taxing and regulating recreational sales sold $2,217,621.13 worth of related products between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25, excluding Nov. 22 when both dispensaries were closed for Thanksgiving.
The two marijuana dispensaries sold a total of 56,380 items during the five-day span, with the typical retail transaction consisting of a customer purchasing an average of 3.4 items at a cost of $39.33, according to numbers released by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. Individual items range from marijuana flower and pre-rolled joints, to infused edibles and oils, among other products.
Massachusetts voted in 2016 to legalize marijuana and launch a system for retail sales, and earlier this month it became the seventh state in the nation to establish a program permitting adults to legally purchase the plant from licensed dispensaries for recreational purposes. Regulators have only licensed two dispensaries to sell retail marijuana, however, making both pot shops singlehandedly responsible for generating the more than $2.2 million in sales recorded last week.
Massachusetts previously legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes in 2012, and both of the dispensaries licensed to sell recreational pot, New England Treatment Access in Northampton and Cultivate in Leicester, cater to medical patients as well as recreational customers.
The commission’s statistics does not account for medical sales, which are regulated by the state Department of Public Health.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/28/massachusetts-marijuana-dispensaries-sell-22-milli/
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Millions of dollars in recreational marijuana sales reported in Mass.
WMUR-TV
Published on Nov 28, 2018
The first commercial pot shops in Massachusetts sold more than $2.2 million worth of marijuana products during the first five days they were open for business.
