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Recreational marijuana sales showered states with cash in 2021

NBC News · Elliott Ramos Is A Data Journalist For Nbcnews.Com. · last updated
Seven out of the 11 states had their biggest year of marijuana tax revenues on record, according to an NBC News analysis of state revenues. Eighteen states have legalized recreational-use marijuana as of Thursday. Connecticut, New Mexico, New York and Virginia legalized sales in 2021. Of the five states with the biggest revenues, recreational marijuana has been legal for at least eight years in two of them. In 2014, Washington took in about $22 million in marijuana taxes, and that number grew to $480 million in 2021.
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