The state said it collected $7.3 million in weed-specific taxes and another $3.1 million in normal sales tax, which also is charged on sales of marijuana.

Illinois expects to collect $127 million in cannabis taxes in fiscal 2021, which begins July 1. That will be the first full year of sales.

The state charges a variety of taxes on marijuana, from 10 percent to 25 percent at retail, depending on the amount of THC, the ingredient that gets you high. The state also charges a 7 percent tax to cultivators on the sale of cannabis to retailers.

On average, marijuana buyers were paying about 27 percent in combined sales taxes during the first month of retail purchases.

Beginning July 1, the state also will collect sales taxes on behalf of municipalities and counties, which each can charge 3 percent. That would put Illinois taxes below Washington state's 37 percent and above Colorado's 30 percent, according to the Tax Foundation.

About half of the marijuana-specific taxes are earmarked for a fund that will reinvest in communities hit hardest by drug arrests, violence and poverty, as well as for substance abuse and mental health treatment. State sales tax revenue will be divided among the state's general revenue fund and local governments.