Illinois 2023 medical cannabis sales reach $3.24M
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its December 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. As expected, December sales jumped to $27,854,264.25 for the third-highest monthly total in 2023, behind March’s $29,018,805.60 and April’s $28,034,031.49 totals. Total 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $324,792,664.73, which was the lowest yearly total since adult-use legalization.
Illinois licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 64,240 unique patients, who purchased 1,378,353 grams of dry cannabis. Retail sales of medical cannabis for December included $12,900,074.74 in dry flower and $14,954,189.51 in concentrates/infused products. The current total number of active patients in the Medical Cannabis Patient Program as of Dec. 31, 2023, is 140,342.
Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $1,963,567,712.76. Total 2023 wholesale sales by cultivation centers reached $432,802,985.95, and total wholesale sales since November 2015 by cultivation centers totaled $3,262,485,974.25. Illinois has been stuck on 55 medical cannabis dispensaries for a several years with no future plans to add more.
Monthly Totals for 2023:
January: $27,621,022.42
February: $26,652,042.97
March: $29,018,805.60
April: $28,034,031.49
May: $27,461,289.64
June: $27,027,872.42
July: $26,844,669.58
August: $26,455,398.18
September: $26,000,066.64
October: $26,244,555.82
November: $25,582,066.92
December: $27,854,264.25
2023 Totals: $324,792,664.73
Monthly Totals for 2022:
January: $29,686,123.47
February: $28,187,064.97
March: $31,965,526.26
April: $31,774,180.50
May: $30,132,347.02
June: $28,456,450.40
July: $28,966,586.76
*August: $27,9XX,XXX.XX?
September: $28,055,726.06
October: $28,496,461.08
November: $28,204,431.51
December: $31,405,976.35
*Yearly Total: $353,601,178.56
(*Estimated)
Monthly Totals for 2021:
January: $32,670,476.42
February: $29,579,209.83
March: $35,688,321.20
April: $35,281,250.08
May: $34,187,235.91
June: $31,776,279.07
July: $34,324,297.27
August: $32,633,798.89
September: $32,292,958.94
October: $31,874,815.57
November: $31,514,504.78
December: $35,426,633.74
2021 totals: $397,249,781.70
Monthly Totals for 2020
January: $27,358,975.27
February: $24,792,898.12
March: $23,397,209.38
April: $29,976,735.01
May: $31,111,926.69
June: $32,060,899.28
July: $29,652,555.16
August: $33,251,969.41
September: $31,542,786.79
October: $31,440,439.61
November: $33,135,102.46
December: $30,793,569.83
2020 Yearly Totals: $358,515,067.01
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