Associated Press
DENVER – New state figures show that Colorado marijuana shops sold more than $270 million in the first three months of the year.
The Denver Post reports that the data from the Colorado Department of Revenue says that more than $170 million of that total was for recreational marijuana sales and the remaining $100 million was for medical pot.
Marijuana businesses sold nearly $90 million of pot in March, a slight drop from February, which was the state’s fifth most profitable month for sales since they began in January 2014.
The taxes collected from retail pot sales in March totaled $3.5 million, which will go toward school construction projects. Analysts expect that number to reach $40 million for all of 2016.
Last year, Colorado marijuana businesses sold more than $996 million.
