August Worst Month for Missouri Marijuana Sales Since Market Launch

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Sales declined for both medical and adult-use cannabis.

The Missouri marijuana market posted a strong $119 million sales total for August, but sales were actually down in the Midwest state to the lowest level since adult-use sales began in February, when the market sold $102.9 million.

The August total includes $22 million in medical sales and $97 million in recreational sales. Medical marijuana sales have declined steadily each month, while recreational sales have stayed solidly above $90 million monthly since the market launch.

The overall August sales totals were down by $4.2 million from July, when sales topped $123.2 million, according to data from the state, KOMU reported. That was due to a drop in both medical and rec sales from July to August.

The top sales month of the year so far has been March, with $126.2 million in total cannabis sales, including $32.7 million in medical and $93.5 million in recreational.

The state as a whole has sold more than $1.4 billion worth of marijuana in 2023, KOMU reported.

John Schroyer

John Schroyer has been a reporter since 2006, initially with a focus on politics, and covered the 2012 Colorado campaign to legalize marijuana. He has written about the cannabis industry specifically since 2014, after being on hand for the first-ever legal cannabis sales on New Year’s Day that year in Denver. John has covered subsequent marijuana market launches in California and Illinois, has written about every aspect of the marijuana trade, and was part of the team that built the cannabis industry’s first-ever trade show, MJBizCon. He joined Green Market Report in 2022.


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