CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The recreational marijuana business has had its best month since sales in Illinois became legal in January.
Governor Pritzker deemed marijuana dispensaries as an essential business during his stay-at-home order, so shops were allowed to stay open and offer curbside pick-up.
State officials reported Thursday that Illinois set another record in May in recreational marijuana sales, with more than $44 million in transactions.
Illinois residents spent about $34-million on cannabis products, and out-of-state visitors picked-up another $10-million making, for a total of $44.3 million. May was the best sales month since recreational marijuana became legal in January. The previous record was set in January when $39 million of cannabis products were sold.
According to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, nearly one million individual products were sold - also a record.
In additional to record recreational marijuana sales, medical marijuana sales reached $32-million. The Tribune reports that keeps the state on pace to set a new annual record for medical marijuana sales this year.