$573 Million in Pot Sales: Here are 12 Stats that Define the Year in Marijuana
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We can opine anecdotally on how legal marijuana sales changed Colorado in 2014, and we’ve done just that recently — read my “year in the life of the world’s first marijuana editor” essay here. But since we’re journalists we also track down the hard numbers that show legal marijuana’s definitive impact on the state in this first year of recreational pot sales. And a glance at the numbers, statistics and calculations below will give you a very clear picture of what legal, regulated, first-of-its-kind marijuana looks like in the Rocky Mountains. See these 12 statistics that define the year in marijuana.
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1. 130.3 metric tons
That’s Colorado’s annual demand for marijuana — equal to 36.8 million “eighths” of cannabis flower.
Makes you wonder how many Coloradans use cannabis regularly …
2. 485,000
That’s the number of adults who are 21 and older using marijuana regularly (at least once a month), and it’s about 9 percent of the state’s population.
And what about those using more often than that …
3. 23 percent
That’s the amount of Colorado’s user population that consumes cannabis near daily.
But what about the out-of-state tourists visiting Colorado and purchasing legal weed …
4. 90 percent
That’s the amount of recreational pot sales out-of-state tourists are responsible for at shopsin mountain resort communities.
But how much of Colorado’s annual demand are these tourists actually buying …
5. 7 percent
That’s the amount of Colorado’s annual pot demand purchased by out-of-state tourists.
But has Colorado pot gotten more or less expensive since the sales first began on Jan. 1 …
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/12/573-million-in-pot-sales-here-are-12-stats-that-define-the-year-in-marijuana/
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