RE:Infused BeveragesThe beverage market is torn between soft alcohol offerings in a well established marketing system and thc infused that show so much promise as better, healthier options to calorie and sugar laden alcohol style skus.<br /> <br /> The cannabinoid infused beverage business is ripe for an amazing uptick but it won't happen without a level playing field to alcohol. <br /> <br /> For some reason the law and policy makers want separate facilities to sell and imbibe cannabis drinks in when they already have a whole infrastructure established that makes sense for them to sell the healthier option in. Somebody decided that indulging in both alcohol and thc at the same time is a huge no-no. They are trying to protect consumers from over-indulging in thc, originally because of the time delay for edibles and the duration of the stone. It was very easy to overindulge in pot edibles and drinkables because they would take two or three hours to kick in.<br /> <br /> The thc beverage people went to the lab and figured out how to get rapid onset and offset results such that the new generation thc beverages work on a similar timeframe to alcohol and they did it because they realized they would lose customers to the bad experience from the old style edibles and drinkables.<br /> <br /> I can't wait to go to the bar and have a couple of my alcohol favourites and then a light thc drink or more probably a cbd drink to help my aches and pains.<br /> <br /> Some of my posse that I meet up with prefer pot but come for the socialization aspect. I am sure they will order a pot infused beverage rather than a plain coke or other Shirley Temple style no alcohol option. My bar buddies probably won't go to a thc bar if they can't get an alcohol bevvie.<br /> <br /> THC options show a ton of promise for the less calories and sugar and the people who lived through the 60s aren't fearful of marijuana and have probably had some experience with it.<br /> <br /> A lot of them would go to the bar just to have a cbd or thc drink that might help with their aches and pains and the rapid onset and offset thc options won't keep you all focked up such that you miss work on Monday.<br /> <br /> The alcohol biz has been keeping the youth out for decades and those skills work for cannabinoids too. Let the adults figure out how to mix booze and pot together on their own. This needs no more than a warning label, not a separate facility.<br /> <br /> glta and dyodd