The COVID-19 outbreak did not slow adult-use marijuana sales in Illinois as buyers spent more than $44.3 million in May on products, the most since legalization began in January.
Recreational marijuana sales in May set another monthly record in Illinois, with more than $44 million in transactions, state officials reported Thursday, despite limitations due to the coronavirus.
State residents spent about $34 million on cannabis, and out-of-state visitors purchased an additional $10 million, for a total of $44.3 million.
That surpassed the previous record of $39 million set in January, the first month of legal adult use recreational sales.
Nearly 1 million individual products were sold, also a record, according to figures provided by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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