The first week of sales topped an estimated million, blowing sales from other states with legalized weed, including Colorado and Washington, out of the water.
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Colorado’s first-week revenue, by comparison, was $5 million. Colorado’s first week of sales reached $5 million.
Based on the first week of sales, a spokesperson for the retail group projected that actual sales will “wildly surpass” the state’s projections.
A few of the more than 250 dispensaries that already offer medical marijuana in Oregon opened their doors soon after midnight – just moments after it became legal to sell to anyone who is at least 21. Oregon’s recreational pot is tax-free until January 4, while Washington’s marijuana is taxed at 37 percent.
Recreational marijuana has been legal throughout Oregon for a few months now. According to scientists, many pesticides used on marijuana are not even recognized in the laws to approve the plant as pesticide-free. Of course, Marijuana Politics was there to cover the first day of legal cannabis commerce in Oregon.
Customers expect and get friendly and knowledgeable service from The Grass Station’s staff. Its quality-tested products not only conform to state and local regulations but are kept to the highest possible standards of purity and potency.
Part of the reason is the overall number of pot stores: Colorado had 24 shops on day one and Washington had only four.
Forbes.com recently released a graphic that looks at how much an ounce of marijuana costs in every state in America, as well as the District of Columbia.
Marijuana use in the small New England state is pervasive.
Additionally, the licensing process is considerably more lax in Oregon than in other states (with regard to recreational or medical marijuana licenses).
Moffat spoke to what he saw as the urgent need for Rhode Island to be first in New England to allow non-medical marijuana legalization.
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According to a report past year in the American Journal of Public Health, suicide rates in males between the ages of 20 and 39 are reduced in states where medical marijuana has been legalized.
