Colorado says annual legal pot demand will hit 130 tons

Colorado says annual legal pot demand will hit 130 tons
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A day after Washington became the second state to allow legal marijuana sales, Colorado, where the nation's first licensed pot stores opened in January, released a study estimating its marijuana demand at 130 tons per year. The projection was far higher than expected, Reuters reported, and it came as tax figures showed that the state's retail supply was growing. "The primary difference is caused by much heavier dosage amounts consumed by the state's 'heavy user' population," the Colorado Department of Revenue report said.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.