After the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced that recreational cannabis sales for 2020 totaled $669,084,410.12, Illinois kicked off 2021 with a record month in recreational sales.

January cannabis sales totaled $88,813,872.78, which was a jump of almost 2 million from December’s previous sales record of $86,857,898.27.

In-state resident sales in January increased to $63,745,077.18 (up from December’s totals of $63,490,405.77) with 1,898,064 items sold.

Out-of-state resident sales increased from December’s $23,367,492.50 to January’s $25,068,795.60.

Last year’s monthly totals include:

January: $39,247,840.83

February: $34,805,072.01

March: $35,902,543.22

April: $37,260,497.89

May: $44,317,385.72

June: $47,646,437.25

July: $60,956,981.41

August: $63,963,846.90

September: $67,648,362.14

October: $75,278,200.15

November: $75,199,344.33

December: $86,857,898.27

Totals: $669,084,410.12

These figures do not include taxes collected.

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