According to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), $669,084,410.12 worth of recreational marijuana was sold in Illinois in 2020.
At this point in 2021, Illinois has generated more money off marijuana than all of last year, according to the monthly report from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
It's not just a couple of million dollars more, either. The Illinois Department of Revenue says that sales of recreational weed has produced nearly $121 million in tax revenue for Illinois, compared to about $99 million for wine, beer, and/or spirits.
I'm sure that you'll recall that recreational weed sales started in Illinois in January of 2020. MedicalMarijuana.net reports that total sales numbers, including both medical and recreational, topped $1 billion dollars by December. That’s over 14.5 million products sold, and 25% of that went to out-of-state residents.