State officials revealed this week that Michigan has broken yet another sales record in marijuana sales for the month of December.
The state closed out 2021 with another record-breaking month of adult-use marijuana sales in December, the officials said.
Michigan saw more than $135 million in recreational cannabis purchases and about $33 million in medical marijuana sales last month.
Andrew Brisbo, executive director of the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA), said this week that the numbers “marked another high for the adult-use industry.”
The previous adult-use marijuana sales record happened in October, with about $128 million in purchases.
“It’s good to note that the new high is not because of increasing prices,” he said. “In fact, prices in medical and adult-use continue to drop, month over month, and year over year.”
Michigan had seen the most combined recreational and medical cannabis sales in July, with about $171 million sold.
The latest data brings Michigan’s total cannabis sales for 2021 to $1,311,951,737 for adult-use and $481,225,540 for medical marijuana.
Roughly $131 million is going to a cannabis excise tax fund that supports various initiatives such as infrastructure and public education, MRA spokesman David Harns said. Another $115 million will support the state general fund.