Target Just Made A Big Bet On Hemp THC Drinks Six Months Before A Federal Ban. Do They Know Something We Don’t?
Target is expanding its intoxicating hemp THC beverage program to more than 300 stores across Florida, Texas and Illinois, just six months before a federal ban that would wipe most of those products off shelves. Either Target’s government affairs team knows something the rest of the industry doesn’t, or the math works even if the […]
THC Drinks Hit Governors Ball With ayrloom
New York has always been a proving ground for culture. Music, fashion, street energy—it all collides here first, then ripples outward. Cannabis spent decades orbiting that world just outside the spotlight. Cannabis Finally Gets a Seat at the Festival The Rise of Low-Dose Social Cannabis This June, that changes. At Governors Ball in Queens, THC […]
DC Mayor Proposes To Let Medical Marijuana And Alcohol Companies Partner On THC Drinks
The mayor of Washington, D.C. is proposing to allow medical marijuana companies to partner with local breweries and distilleries to produce cannabis-infused, alcohol-free drinks for sale in the nation’s capital. Under the partnership contemplated by the Medical Cannabis Beverage Product Amendment Act of 2026 proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), alcohol companies could apply for a […]
Ohio Breweries Push Lawmakers To Override Governor’s Veto That Banned Hemp THC Drinks Last Week
A coalition of Ohio breweries are rallying residents to put pressure on their lawmakers to override the governor and give business until the end of the year to keep selling hemp-derived THC beverages as the legislature intended when they delivered a cannabis bill to his desk. While the House and Senate passed legislation last year […]
Big Alcohol’s Push to Save Hemp THC Drinks Comes With a Catch
As a federal ban nears, alcohol industry power players are pushing to keep hemp THC beverages alive through a regulatory system they already know well. Big Alcohol has spent years watching hemp THC beverages eat into its territory. Now that a federal crackdown is on the horizon, the industry is not asking Congress to leave […]
Alcohol Industry Group Launches Push To Regulate Hemp THC Drinks Instead Of Banning Them
A major alcohol industry trade association is launching a new campaign pushing Congress to call off a scheduled ban on hemp THC beverages and instead regulate the products for consumer access. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) on Tuesday announced it has created an educational microsite on the issue that offers resources on the […]
South Carolina Senate Approves Bill To Keep Hemp THC Drinks And Gummies Legal, With Some Restrictions
Compromise was needed “to make sure that we had the votes to keep this out of the hands of children… That’s the number one thing.” By Adrian Ashford, South Carolina Daily Gazette Legislation limiting South Carolina sales of intoxicating hemp products to adults over 21 passed the Senate on Thursday in a compromise that took […]
Rhode Island Officials Support Ban On Serving Hemp THC Drinks In Bars And Restaurants With Liquor Licenses
“All retailers selling intoxicating hemp products should be held to similar high safety standards as cannabis retailers.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant For a year, Rhode Island bars and restaurants had the opportunity to secure a license from the state’s former Office of Cannabis Regulation to sell intoxicating THC-infused beverages despite state regulations that […]