The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its August 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. In August, dispensaries served the exact same amount of patients as the previous month but with lower overall sales numbers, continuing a downward trend since March 2023. August 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $26,455,398.18.
Concentrates/infused products accounted for $13,878,977.35 of the total sales, which cooled off from previous months with similar totals. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries sold $12,576,420.83 in dry flower sales and served 64,126 unique patients, who purchased 1,273,352 grams of dry cannabis.
Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $219,112,352.84. Total Retail Sales since November 2015 by Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $1,857,887,400.86. Total 2023 wholesale sales by cultivation centers reached $288,205,394.87, and total wholesale sales since November 2015 by cultivation centers totaled $3,037,896,251.91. 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
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: $23,397,209.38
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: $357,119,378.27
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