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OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 02:39 PM Oct 2017

Washington Tops $1.1 Billion in Cannabis Sales at 9-Month Mark

>"Cannabis sales in Washington state continue to grow at a steady rate, with total 2017 sales topping $1.1 billion at the end of September. The state’s nine-month sales total of $1,101,853,539 fell just short of Colorado’s sales from the same time period, which totaled $1,118,207,832.

According to data released by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, over the past five months the state’s cannabis industry has broken a number of its own sales records, with monthly sales now exceeding $130 million."<

https://www.leafly.com/news/industry/data-dive-washington-tops-1-1-billion-in-cannabis-sales-at-9-month-mark?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=B2C%20NEWSLETTER%202017-10-25

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Washington Tops $1.1 Billion in Cannabis Sales at 9-Month Mark (Original Post) OxQQme Oct 2017 OP
WOW Iliyah Oct 2017 #1
It's better Turbineguy Oct 2017 #2
Bowdlerization at its finest jmowreader Oct 2017 #3
For a second, I thought you meant, Washington, DC. FSogol Oct 2017 #4
As other States see these numbers and face their own OldHippieChick Oct 2017 #5
Puerto Rico needs to think about this. n/t dixiegrrrrl Oct 2017 #6
Good! Maybe my sad-arse state of PA will get the financial message! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #7

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
3. Bowdlerization at its finest
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 03:44 PM
Oct 2017

Freewheelin' Franklin sez, "Dope will get you through times of no Money, better than Money will get you through times of no Dope."

The ideal situation is Dope with no Trump; Dope with Trump is endurable but Trump with no Dope is a bummer beyond compare. I don't currently smoke dope...but to be honest, I've considered taking it up.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
5. As other States see these numbers and face their own
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 04:17 PM
Oct 2017

potential bankruptcies, methinks more and more will want to place cannabis on their ballots.

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