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Medical Marijuana Now The Top Crop In Maine

December 10, 2020

The biggest crop in Maine is no longer what it once was.

Now, the answer is marijuana. From January to October 2020, medical marijuana sales totaled $221.8 million in the state. That made it far and away the largest amount in sales in a specific crop from Maine. For comparison, sales for potatoes from Maine totaled $184.1 million, for milk it was $123.6 million, and blueberries sales were $26 million in 2019, as MassLive points out.

“What we’ve learned is that no matter what, Americans are going to get their cannabis, alcohol, baking supplies and cars, regardless of the economy,” Patrick Anderson, chief executive officer of Anderson Economic Group, told MassLive.com.