Drive-Thru Marijuana Dispensaries Will Be a Boon for Local Economies

Convenience is coming to the marijuana industry. In the small 1,000-person town of Parachute, Col., Tumbleweed Express wants to open the state’s first drive-thru marijuana dispensary.

But there’s a bigger story than just the convenience: Drive-thru cannabis dispensaries will be another source of revenue in the booming marijuana industry ($6.7 billion in sales in North America for 2016) for local economies.

In 2016, marijuana sales accounted for roughly $300,000 of Parachute’s 2016 sales tax revenue, according to the Huffington Post. With total sales tax revenue of just over $1 million, that’s 30% of the town’s revenue coming from marijuana sales alone.

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