Posted on 05/05/2020 2:50:18 PM PDT by SJackson
Legal weed sales during Illinois’ first full month of coronavirus lockdown amounted to almost $37.3 million, surpassing every month of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois so far except January.
Dispensaries have been allowed to stay open during Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, which has been extended through May. But operators have had to adapt, implementing online ordering systems, curbside pickup and enforcing social distancing in stores.
Even April 20, the well-known holiday celebrating marijuana, was subdued this year. Dispensaries stretched out 4/20 deals to reduce overcrowding in stores, and some celebrated the occasion virtually.
Still, last month’s sales bested March’s almost $36 million and February’s roughly $35 million. April sales trailed only the $39.2 million in revenue during January, the first full month of recreational sales in the state.
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The taxes from that $37 million will surely pay for the $200 billion in unfunded pension obligations.
And just like opioid....this will backfire eventually.
Stay home >>> Stay Stoned >>>> Vote Democrap
The Government must never do without.
Hey, lets spark up, we all got corona checks!
China had the Opium Dens, we have reefer.
China is laughing at us.
We've had reefer for decades, legal or not.
Dumb and numb just they way they want you
Curbside pickup? I thought they went through the whole legalization thing to get rid of curbside pickup!
Proof that Jelly Belly Prickster is the King of the Dopes.
Curbside pickup? I thought they went through the whole legalization thing to get rid of curbside pickup!
It is just like the old days. You pull up to a corner and you hand a guy some money and he gives you a baggie of weed. SOme things never change in a pandemic!
Roll another one,
Just like the other one.
You best be holding onto it,
Cause I sure don’t want to catch no Chinese s*it!
Just bogart that joint my friend,
Don’t pass it over to me!
Just bogart that joint my friend,
Don’t Pass it over to me!
Well the oncoming attendant COPD won’t last decades
Yeah, but the garbageman left a flyer for AA on my recycle bin.....
Because Americans have been smoking pot for decades, there is nothing “oncoming” - if we haven’t already seen an effect, we’re not going to.
Gov’t ruins things.
Cannabis makes things better for many of us.
We should be allowed to grow our own cannabis!!!
btt FRiend!
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