Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, U.S. 2019-2024
In 2019, sales in the illicit cannabis market reached approximately 8.7 billion U.S. dollars in the state of California in the United States. The legal cannabis market had sales of around 3.1 billion U.S. dollars that year. However, it is projected that the legal cannabis market will overtake the illicit one by 2024, with sales reaching 7.2 billion U.S. dollars in the legal market for marijuana, and 6.4 billion U.S. dollars in the illegal market.
