article_snippet: It follows news that a year after retail marijuana stores opened in Colorado, sales hit nearly $700million.
article_snippet: In a year after retail marijuana stores opened in Colorado, sales hit nearly $700million first annual report, a year after retail marijuana stores opened in Colorado, sales hit nearly $700million was revealed that 49.7 tons (109,578 pounds) of medical marijuana flowers were sold in 2014, while 17.5 tons (38,660 pounds) were sold in the retail market, said the Colorado Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division.
article_snippet: Sales hit nearly $700 million last year, with medical marijuana accounting for $386million and recreational pot bringing in $313million.
article_snippet: But recreational sales of pot-infused edible products, such as candies and cookies, outstripped medical sales by about 2.85million units to 1.96million, according to its first annual report.
article_snippet: In total, 4.81million units of edible marijuana were sold - which would equal giving one edible to almost every resident in Colorado, according to 9News.
article_snippet: A year after retail marijuana stores opened in Colorado, 17 tons of the recreational buds were bought by consumer (above Tyler Williams of Blanchester, Ohio
article_snippet: selects marijuana strains from the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary in December 2014)