Colorado Makes $2 Million In Pot Taxes In First Month

January figures are in, and Colorado is cleaning up from legal marijuana sales.

The tax total reported Monday by the state Department of Revenue indicates $14.02 million worth of recreational pot was sold. The state collected roughly $2.01 million in taxes.

The state legalized pot in 2012, but the commercial sale of marijuana didn’t begin until January. Washington state sales begin in the coming months.

The taxes come from 12.9 percent sales taxes and 15 percent excise taxes. Voters approved the pot taxes last year. The first $40 million of the excise tax must go to school construction.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.