California and Washington were the leading U.S. states in tax revenues collected from recreational marijuana sales in 2021. Tax revenues from cannabis sale reached almost 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in the state of California, while the figure for Washington was around 631 million dollars.
Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars)
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Marijuana Policy Project. (April 5, 2022). Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/
Marijuana Policy Project. "Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/
Marijuana Policy Project. (2022). Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/
Marijuana Policy Project. "Tax Revenues from Sales of Recreational Marijuana in The United States in 2021, by State (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/
Marijuana Policy Project, Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Tax revenues from sales of recreational marijuana in the United States in 2021, by state (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Marijuana Policy Project, April 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124538/tax-revenue-from-cannabis-sales-by-state-us/