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 colorado's plan for spending that money. $40 million automatically goes to public school construction. that was mandated by voters. then the governor wants to spend about $85 million on youth prevention and substance abuse treatment. $12.4 million on public health. about $3 million on law enforcement and public safety and nearly $2 million on