There was plenty of green to go around among Aspen's marijuana dispensaries in 2017, and more than enough to top liquor stores in revenue, as well.
Legal-pot purveyors hauled in $11.3 million in revenue last year compared with $10.5 million for liquor stores, marking the first time marijuana sales outpaced booze for the year in Aspen. The figures were provided Wednesday by the city's Finance Department in its year-end sales tax report for 2017, which showed Aspen's retailers combined to generate $730.4 million in revenue, 2 percent better than 2016 (see chart on page A6)....
