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Cannabis Sales Will Be âUnprecedentedâ Thanks To Hot Vax Summer
Green Rush: Cannabis sales are expected to surge 25% over Memorial Day weekend and demand will reach unprecedented levels over the summer.
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Ben Kovler, the founder and chief executive of Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries, a cannabis company with operations across 12 states, is getting ready to sell more weed than ever this summer.
On Wednesday, Kovler held a ribbon cutting after expanding capacity at GTIâs 250,000-square-foot production facility in Oglesby, Illinois, where his company grows high-end cannabis flower, produces pre-rolled joints, manufactures THC-infused edibles, and runs a cannabis beverage line. Right before Memorial Day weekend, as Covid-19 restrictions around the country ease and nearly half of Americans are now vaccinated, Kovler says GTI is focused on its goal to produce as much as product as possible to keep up with what will be a summ