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This cannabis-infused vodka tastes more like gin (and it won't get you high)

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 09:35

I'm sipping on a cocktail as I write this. It's made from vodka infused with cannabis — and it's totally legal. The government says so.

In 2014, the farm bill provided money for some states to cultivate hemp, a crop that federal drug laws had formerly outlawed because of its close association with marijuana. The farm bill distinguished hemp from marijuana by requiring a THC content of less than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis, making it legal to grow. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the mind-altering ingredient in a cannabis plant that produces a high.

Humboldt Distillery in California decided to use this newly legal crop and turn it into vodka. It's infused with Cannabis sativa, but it's perfectly legal. It won't get you stoned, but it could get you drunk — just like any vodka.

“Humboldt's Finest doesn't have the THC that you'd find in marijuana, so it's...

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