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![recreational marijuana in Colorado](https://img.money.com/2016/04/420-record-pot-sales.jpeg)

We're hitting a new high this 4/20.

Thanks to recent marijuana legalization measures, experts predict that Wednesday could be a record-setting 4/20 for pot sales. In Colorado alone, where recreational pot use became legal at the beginning of 2014, stores sold nearly $5 million worth of recreational and medicinal marijuana last April 20.

A local data intelligence firm, BDS Analytics, predicts that marijuana sales will top $5 million a day from the 15th through the 20th, and that at least one day will break $6 million in sales. Pot sales have been pretty brisk for Colorado overall, with BDS reporting that, as of February, [$1 billion](http://marijuanapolitics.com/the-party-starts-today-record-marijuana-sales-expected-for-six-day-420-weekend/) worth of marijuana had been sold in the state during the preceding 12-month period.

In Washington state, which legalized recreational weed in July 2014, BDS predicted sales totaling $10 million for the stretch of time from April 15 through April 20 this year. Overall, [Marijuana Politics](http://marijuanapolitics.com/the-party-starts-today-record-marijuana-sales-expected-for-six-day-420-weekend/) described the THC trade as "booming" in those two states. (Oregon, which legalized weed last year, is still too new of a market to get really firm numbers, BDS said.)

Aside from imbibers, the other people who are probably most thrilled about the new rush of 4/20 business are state tax collectors: In Colorado, the state is expected to earn $4.5 million in tax revenue this month.

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