Illinois medical cannabis sales downward trend continues
While Illinois’ adult-use cannabis market continues to set records, the monthly cannabis sales totals for Illinois’ Medical Cannabis Patient Program continues to decline. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its September 2023 medical cannabis sales totals of $26,000,066.64, which was the lowest monthly total since March 2020.
Illinois dispensaries sold $12,487,157.03 in dry flower and $13,512,909.61 in concentrates/infused products. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 63,017 unique patients, who purchased 1,261,924 grams of dry cannabis.
Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $245,113,258.87. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $1,883,888,326.90. Total 2023 wholesale sales by cultivation centers reached $324,323,544.12, and total wholesale sales since November 2015 by cultivation centers totaled $3,093,123,092.62. 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
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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