Looks like New Year’s Eve is a popular holiday among marijuana enthusiasts.

Dec. 31, 2014 set a new statewide sales record of $1,217,025.96.

That broke the old sales record set on Nov. 26, 2014 (the day before Thanksgiving) of $1,004,672.23.

It’s also the second day since retail sales began that the numbers have gone over $1 million.

Through the year, sales have risen steadily, although the growth slowed a bit in December. Here are the monthly statewide sales totals for 2014:

July: $3,368,368
August: $7,261,712
September: $8,722,872
October: $13,003,684
November: $16,090,875
December: $16,885,921

And the excise taxes for that period:

July: $842,092
August: $1,815,428
September: $2,180,718
October: $3,250,921
November: $4,022,719
December: $4,221,480

Here in Clark County, our three retail stores have done quite well.

I’ve been asked not to provide specifics on each individual store for fear of break-ins, but all together, the stores sold more than $5.75 million worth of pot ($5,763,672 to be exact) in 2014.

Clark County’s grower/processors, which are generally smaller operations than in other parts of the state, sold $359,547 in 2014. Only three of the eight growers in the county reported sales in the first year.

And if you missed it, we had a couple big marijuana-related stories in the paper on Sunday:

A wrapup of the first six months of legal marijuana in Clark County: Marijuana market mellows

And a profile of local artist Cliff Maynard: Roach paper art a labor of layers

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!
Cheers!
-SueVo