Posted on 11/27/2016 12:51:41 PM PST by Mariner
This Thanksgiving, Californians may have been tempted to include an additional ingredient in their pumpkin pies. Marijuana was legalised in the US’s most populous state this month, reflecting a mellowing of social attitudes towards the drug.
Alongside the presidential election, five states voted on whether to legalise the recreational use of cannabis, with Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, voting in favour, along with California.
But one sector is watching the spread of legalisation with a degree of trepidation: the $200bn US alcohol industry. Though alcohol and weed might seem eminently compatible to some, a number of brewers fear cannabis as a competitive threat, with some industry groups going as far as contributing funds to anti-legalisation campaigns.
Boston Beer Company, the largest craft brewer in the US with brands that include Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard cider, said the widening legalisation of marijuana posed a risk to its sales.
“It is possible that legal marijuana usage could adversely impact the demand for the company’s products,” argued its regulatory filing in February. The Massachusetts-based brewer added: “We also believe that impacts the craft beer industry.”
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The sale of one has minor affect on the other.
Stoners bump for later....
US Drinks, Industry Ponders effect of cannabis legislation...What did you say?
Dude, you just said that industry was drinking, and they passed some legislation about cannabis man?
No man, I’m saying that cannabis is causing drinking legislation. Dude, hang me that soda pop...
Wait, are you saying pot made the soda industry legislate the future of Industry? Dang man, that’s crazy...
I forgot to spell that word write...
Anyone trying to deny either to an honest adult is a retarded leftist moron. Yeah, there are few misguided retards that think Reefer Madness was a documentary...oh well.
People love to combine them so it’s only adding another drug into the system.
Optic one does marijuana you can get they drink too. Not always the other way around though.
If you are stoned you can’t go to the local for another six-pack
If one does marijuana you can get they drink too. Not always the other way around though.
Here in KY the bourbon industry went from 2% annual growth to double digits. More distilleries are being built and existing ones are expanding capacity.
Of course good bourbon is not just some adult beverage. It is the nectar of the gods. And we have a lot of very good bourbon here. I would never smoke anything with good bourbon. In my youth I drank cheap bourbon, so that doesn’t count. ;-)
Weed makes you thirsty.
“The sale of one has minor affect on the other.”
Not really. If legalized, and all else being equal, it’d depend on cost & availability, to the public.
Been trying the product early today? ;~)
“Weed makes you thirsty.”
That it do. Cannabis doesn’t give me the munchies, thankfully.
No, but I think my iPad hits the bong daily...lol
“We also believe that impacts the craft beer industry.”
Yup. They’re going to give up their IPA and switch to bud.
Hangovers from booze are the reason I switched to cannabis.
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