Cannabis sales set another record in September, bringing total spending on adult-use cannabis to more than $530 million.

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Pot purchasers have spent more than a half-billion dollars on recreational marijuana products at Illinois dispensaries since the start of the year, according to data from state agencies.

Last month, adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois set a record for a seventh consecutive month, as the state collected more than $20 million in taxes from less than $68 million worth of cannabis products sold.

While legal sales to out-of-state buyers remained relatively steady in September , increasing by less than $650,000, Illinoisans bought more than $3 million more worth on weed than they did in August, according to figures from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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