Arizona's weed entrepreneurs sold $1.9 billion of marijuana last year — That's a lot of blunts

Arizona’s budding cannabis industry generated $1.9 billion in sales from marijuana products last year, far higher than the estimated $1.2 billion in marijuana sales the state tracked through taxes.

Consumer spending on cannabis — both recreational and medical — was measured by Headset, a Seattle, Washington-based market research company that specializes in studying the marijuana industry.

Medical marijuana has been sold in Arizona since 2010 but recreational cannabis products have been sold to the general public who are at least 21 years old for the first time last year.

Arizona saw more demand for cannabis than other states in the first year of legalization — a sign of industry success, according to the report.