Sales of marijuana have reached more than $500,000 in New Mexico within hours of the state’s retail launch of the drug.
Close to $475,000 from adult-use nonmedical marijuana sold in the state before noon Friday, according to the state’s Cannabis Control Division.
Roughly $180,000 in medical marijuana was added in additional sales, according to a report.
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“New Mexicans turned out today in strong numbers to show their support for high-quality New Mexico products coming to them for the first time,” Heather Brewer, a spokeswoman for the CCD, said.
“The Cannabis Control Division is excited for all the consumers and all of the businesses that have been part of this historic day,” she added.
Sales began at midnight April 1, and New Mexico residents were quick to line up.
“Breaking ground is something big. You know we’ve all been waiting for this for a long time,” Jeremy Sandoval, who waited outside the R. Greenleaf Dispensary in Las Cruces, said.
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham surprised New Mexicans outside the Everest Cannabis Company in uptown Albuquerque, according to the report.
“We seem so much more prepared,” Grisham said. “New Mexicans just get it done.”
But not every retailer had a smooth first day in the Land of Enchantment, the report noted.
“This has been an interesting day. … BioTrack wasn’t allowing any recreational sales until probably 11:30 a.m. or so,” Dan Novak of the Bad Company in Albuquerque said.
BioTrack is a program that tracks marijuana inventory, and given that Bad Company’s system was down, the company saw its sales limited to the medical variety.
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However, sales appeared to be strong across the state, and the report indicated that retail prices could rise.
