THC drinks are exploding at South Florida bars and restaurants. Will they last?
Beverages rattle along the production lines at Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park, except these cans are brimming not with craft beer but with THC-infused soda.
The company on this canning line, Amigos, is part of a cottage industry of local THC beverage makers now springing up across South Florida touting cannabis-infused seltzers, mocktails and sodas.
Just as they hit the mainstream and saturate major markets, however, a new existential threat looms: Slipped into last November’s bill that ended the federal government shutdown was a provision, brought by Sen. Mitch McConnell, to limit intoxicating snacks and drinks made from hemp, including cannabidiol (aka CBD, which may contain THC), aiming to close a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill.