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on Monday September 17 2018, @09:55PM
from the Also-boosting-snack-food-market dept.
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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.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 18 2018, @06:27PM
And yet the U.S. drug warriors have it on Schedule II rather than Schedule I. Guess it has some legitimate uses after all.
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