Illinois yearly medical cannabis sales drop for third year
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its December medical cannabis sales totals and final yearly totals. For 2024, retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries finished at $285,059,601.92. The 2024 totals continued a 3-year downward trend for yearly totals, dropping below $300 million for the first time since 2019. The 2024 totals dropped nearly $40 millions from the 2023 totals of $324,792,664.73. The 2023 totals dropped nearly $29 million from the 2022 totals of $353,601,178.56. The 2022 totals dropped more than $8 million from 2021 totals of $361,824,413.03.
Retail sales of medical cannabis for December reached $23,486,395.69, including $11,100,270.52 in dry flower sales and $12,386,125.20 in concentrates/infused products. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 59,441 unique patients, who purchased 1,308,958 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries reached $2,248,624,394.40. Total wholesale sales by cultivation centers hit $361,158,801.26, and total wholesale sales since November 2015 by cultivation centers finished at $4,000,851,182.81.
Monthly Totals for 2024:
January: $24,338,551.30
February: $24,427,904.62
March: $25,917,010.11
April: $25,066,974.82
May: $24,413,018.67
June: $23,105,926.95
July: $23,351,249.87
August: $23,512,759.13
September: $21,699,338.80
October: $22,209,648.89
November: $23,534,153.65
December: $23,486,395.69
2024 Yearly Totals: $285,059,601.92
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 Yearly Totals: $353,601,178.56
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
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September: $28,055,726.06
October: $28,496,461.08
November: $28,204,431.51
December: $31,405,976.35
2022 Yearly Total: $324,792,664.73
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: $361,824,413.03
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: $331,224,390.61
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