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About 500 customers a day. and the state of colorado is reaping the benefits as well. sales and excise taxes on recreational cannabis are over 25%. >> total, $147.77. >> reporter: marijuana dispensaries were required to turn in january tax reports on thursday. >> we paid about $190,000 in sales tax that we collected during the month of january. >> reporter: while official numbers won't be made public until march, the governor's budget office just released its own tax projections. it estimates the state will collect about $184 million in tax revenues in the first 18 months of recreational pot s...

Averages about 500 customers a day, and the state of colorado is reaping the benefits as well. sales and excise taxes, over 25%. >> total, $147.77. >> reporter: marijuana dispensaries were required to turn in january tax reports on thursday. >> we paid about $190,000 in sales tax that we collected during the month of january. >> reporter: while official numbers won't be made public until march, the governor's budget office just released its own tax projections. it estimates the state will collect about $184 million in tax revenues in the first 18 months of recreational pot sales. here's colora...

Evergreen apothecary, previously a medical marijuana dispensary, has more than quadrupled. more than a month after recreational pot sales became legal, people are still lining up at the door to get their hands on this stuff. the place packed at 10:00 when the doors open. in fact, this pot shop averages 500 customers a day. and the state of colorado is reaping the benefits, as well. sales in excise taxes on recreational cannabis are over 25%. your total $147.77. >> reporter: marijuana dispensaries are prior to to turn in january tax reports on thursday. >> we paid about $190,000 in sales tax th...