<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Cannabist</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">(Denver, Colorado) at:</span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.thecannabist.co/2020/09/15/colorado-marijuana-sales-blow-past-200-million-in-july/135049/?utm_email=A52484880441C41E2533D4F53D&g2i_eui=EYgUgHaZApTECF%2bwpadzV8On5wuhzIzS&g2i_source=newsletter&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thecannabist.co%2f2020%2f09%2f15%2fcolorado-marijuana-sales-blow-past-200-million-in-july%2f135049%2f&utm_campaign=denver-cannabist&utm_content=automated">https://www.thecannabist.co/2020/09/15/colorado-marijuana-sales-blow-past-200-million-in-july/135049/?utm_email=A52484880441C41E2533D4F53D&g2i_eui=EYgUgHaZApTECF%2bwpadzV8On5wuhzIzS&g2i_source=newsletter&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thecannabist.co%2f2020%2f09%2f15%2fcolorado-marijuana-sales-blow-past-200-million-in-july%2f135049%2f&utm_campaign=denver-cannabist&utm_content=automated</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————-</div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.3em; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.25; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Colorado marijuana sales blow past $200 million in July</h1></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Colorado cannabis sales set a record yet again in July, eclipsing $200 million in a single month for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dispensaries sold $183,106,003 in recreational marijuana and $43,268,565 in medical marijuana in July, for a combined $226,374,568 in revenue, according to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/0720_MJSalesHistoricalReport.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">data</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from the Colorado Department of Revenue. That’s up 13.8% from June, another record-setting month when<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/12/june-2020-colorado-marijuana-sales-record/" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">the industry raked in nearly $199 million</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So far in 2020, consumers have purchased more than $1.2 billion worth of cannabis products and the state has collected<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/0820_MJTaxHistoricalReport.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">$203 million in taxes</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Colorado’s cannabis industry is poised to shatter<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/18/colorado-marijuana-sales-2019/" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">2019’s record of $1.75 billion in annual sales</span></a>, especially since August is typically the state’s highest-grossing month. Those figures are due out in early October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/13/colorado-cannabis-marijuana-sales-record-high/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Marijuana sales have soared to new heights since spring</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>despite the coronavirus pandemic. Dispensaries were allowed to remain open during Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order, which forced them to adapt to new buying habits such as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/19/online-cannabis-sales-colorado-social-distancing/" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">online ordering</span></a>. In August, a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/08/17/weed-vending-machine-pueblo-colorado/243437/" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">contactless weed vending machine</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>debuted in Pueblo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica;">An early freeze and snow in September may have<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/11/colorado-cold-snap-could-disrupt-states-marijuana-industry-2/" style="color: var(--secondary); border-bottom: var(--secondary); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">jeopardized millions of dollars worth of marijuana</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>grown outdoors and slated for harvest in October. That may also affect flower and extract prices this fall.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div>What can I say but . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>“Don’t Bogart That Joint”</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3</a><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. 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