In 2019, sales in the illicit cannabis market reached approximately 8.7 billion U.S. dollars in the state of California in the United States. The legal cannabis market had sales of around 3.1 billion U.S. dollars that year. However, it is projected that the legal cannabis market will overtake the illicit one by 2024, with sales reaching 7.2 billion U.S. dollars in the legal market for marijuana, and 6.4 billion U.S. dollars in the illegal market.
Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024*
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Marijuana Business Daily. (August 1, 2020). Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. "Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. (2020). Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. "Legal Vs Illicit Cannabis Sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/
Marijuana Business Daily, Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Legal vs Illicit cannabis sales in California, United States 2019-2024* (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Marijuana Business Daily, August 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075946/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-sales-california-us/