We Made L.A.’s Fancy Vegan Cannabis Cocktails

If L.A. has cannabis cocktails, surely Portland should have them, right?

The first thing we learned when trying to make cannabis cocktails is that it's really, really hard to find liquid cannabis that won't get you high. In this state at least, our liquor control commission is very adamant that THC and alcohol don't and can't mix. So when we discovered that two famous vegan spots in Los Angeles, Gratitude and Gracias Madre, were making high-end cocktails using an over-the-counter tincture containing only CBD—the Xanax-like cannabinoid that causes relaxation and pain relief but no impairment—it was way too good to pass up.

If L.A. has cannabis cocktails, surely Portland should have them, right? Well, we don't. So, short the money for the plane trip, we decided to remake Gracias Madre cannabis cocktails ourselves. 

The big problem was getting the CBD oil. Every time we tried to pick up...

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