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Its cannabis sales numbers are smokin’ their booze side, says marijuana-liquor retailer Alcanna.

And the more potent the pot, the faster it sells, said company CEO James Burns.

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“At least initially, a lot of the customers aren’t new to the product and those people are tending to want high THC,” said Burns, referring to the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

“But when the high THC strains run out, they’ll buy anything.”

Revenue from those pot sales — totalling $1.3 million from its five Nova Cannabis stores in the first five days of legalization — left its alcohol figures in the haze, said Burns.

The average dollar amount for each cannabis transaction is two to three times that seen in Alcanna’s Liquor Depot stores, he said.

And the difference in dollars generated per square foot of floor space is “stratospheric,” he added.

“People have been buying a lot of products at once — an average of four but for quite a few people it’s more than that,” he said.