420 with CNW — How Marijuana Drinks Are Finally Coming to Maturity
When the first cannabis drinks hit the market a few years ago, they weren't the smooth, high-quality beverages we see today. The cannabis industry itself was still in its infancy, cannabis technology was sorely lacking, and the results from these first attempts at infusing cannabis into beverages were not elegant. For instance, Lyden Henderson's first run-in with a nonalcoholic, marijuana-infused beer last year left him with a bad taste in the mouth, literally. It was chunky, he says, with soggy bits of marijuana floating throughout the beverage, creating what he refers to as “unpleasant consistency.” The texture was terrible as…