RE:RE:Jeff Made a Good Decision - Cannabis Cup No PermitYes, exactly. And think bigger than that too...
Bars, restaurants, sports arenas, etc. are all familiar and experienced with distributing/selling liquid ingestible packaged goods. This is what they are going to stick to once cannabis becomes widespread and legalized globally. They aren’t going to start selling oils, shatter, and other concentrates so that their patrons can smoke in their facility. They will sell drinks that are easily stored in their fridges or on their shelves beside their alcohol counterparts (don’t get me wrong, it is going to take years to get to this point because of both social and political roadblocks...but there is no doubt that it will get there - time is a very powerful variable and consumer demands carry a lot of weight).
Likewise, once big alcohol enters this industry, in order to hold onto their market share they aren’t going to decide to establish brand new manufacturing lines to produce concentrates or other products. They are going to stick to the equipment and resources that they already have in place and start producing drinks that have THC instead of alcohol so that they compete in both markets.
Beverages will become the most widespread method of cannabis consumption in the future.
Reyninak wrote: Jeff's amazing. He probably made the decision not to attend based on other factors, but it ends up playing out well.
While on the subject of permits and bans: in certain cities (especially in Canada, I'm not sure about the US), there will be bans on smoking in public and even some bylaws allowing property owners to prohibit smoking in rented apartments/houses. People that are affected by that are definitely gonna turn to THC beverages.
Also, I'd tend to think that public event organizers will get an easier time getting approval to sell and consume THC drinks (the same way they would get an alcohol permit for a festival, etc.) than getting approval for attendees to be able to smoke up... especially at all-age events where children are present.
Soon enough, THC beverages will be treated the same as alcohol. The same leeway can definitely not be expected for joints, bongs and pipes.
Hang on tight, Longs!