Coca-Cola says it's monitoring the nascent industry and is interested in drinks infused with CBD -- the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get you high. The Atlanta-based soft drinks maker is in talks with Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis to develop the beverages, according to a report from BNN Bloomberg Television.
"We are closely watching the growth of non-psychoactive CBD as an ingredient in functional wellness beverages around the world," Coca-Cola spokesman Kent Landers said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg News.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Monday September 17 2018, @10:03PM (3 children)
Health craze! Oh yeah, CBD [wikipedia.org] in a can sounds great... nah, gimme THC with a little bit of coca-colaine instead.
2021: Marley Beverage Company [drinkmarley.com] devastated by Coca Cola's new line of CBD-infused wellness beverages!!!
The more interesting part of the story is the big money [npr.org] being spent by beer companies to break into the Cannadian canabis industry. How many of these companies spent money fighting cannabis legalization [theintercept.com]?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article215413410.html [miamiherald.com]
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday September 17 2018, @10:19PM
If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em?
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 18 2018, @05:59PM (1 child)
So, a half-pound of sugar with some weed in it, then?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:26PM
Maybe a little CO2 as well.
What about a carbonated diet option? Unsweetened sparkling water [usatoday.com]... fortified with
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