Retail sales of marijuana increase due to COVID-19 outbreak U.S. March 2020

Published by Jan Conway, Jun 18, 2020
Cannabis sales have surged in three U.S. states in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. On March 16, 2020, sales of recreational marijuana in California increased around 159 percent compared to the same day in 2019, while sales in Washington state and Colorado also increased by around 100 percent and 46 percent on the same day.

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Sales growth of recreational marijuana due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States in March 2020, by day

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March 2020

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March 2 to March 16, 2020

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