The state did not release figures on the amount of sales tax it received from those sales.

Michigan, which began recreational sales Dec. 1, says it did $12.7 million in total sales during the first seven weeks. Nevada sold $27 million in its first month of legal recreational sales in 2017. Colorado sold $14.7 million in its first month, and Oregon rang up $14 million.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker remarked on the appeal of "weed tourism" during his State of the State address last week when he said: "It gives us a chance to collect tax revenue from the residents of Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa and Indiana."

Cresco Labs says its Rockford store was the busiest of its four locations, which include a store in Wrigleyville. Among the five new stores that the company plans, one is in South Beloit, on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, and another is in Danville, on the border with Indiana.

Green Thumb Industries just opened its second new dispensary in Quincy, along the Illinois-Missouri border.

Illinois specifically took weed tourism into account in the law that passed in late June, which says out-of-state residents can only purchase half as much product.

Marijuana sales took off Jan. 1, resulting in long lines that gradually subsided. However, demand still exceeds supply and likely will continue throughout the year.

"The furor is subsiding," said Jeremy Unruh, head of regulatory and public affairs for PharmaCann. "There are plenty of cannabis products available, there’s just not enough premium bud. We’re running out of premium bud, too, and have cut back our own hours and rationed like everyone else. The first crops from all the expansions going on now will be ready for market in late April and early May."