The state doesn’t allow sales of marijuana for recreational use, but hemp-derived cannabis products can be consumed here — for now, at least.
By Emma Croteau, Flatwater Free Press.
Samantha Nieman began visiting the cannabis store Plant’d Farma and its next-door cocktail lounge, The Garden, after gravitating away from alcohol. She still wanted to enjoy the social scene and events she often found centered on drinking.
Here, at a sleek bar counter in Omaha’s Old Market, she can pick from a rotating menu of handcrafted, photo-worthy drinks that echo classic bar staples, like margaritas or old fashioneds, but ones made with non-alcoholic, THC-infused spirits instead of alcohol.
Hemp beverages are generally made in large-scale batches without sampling or testing protocols, which creates huge potential for variations across products…And in most states, testing standards for hemp beverages are left to the manufacturers or brewers themselves.
– Jeff Dingman, Technical Sales Director, SC Labs
These THC-infused cocktails are one of many options Nieman can get at Plant’d Farma, which also offers other hemp-derived cannabis products like vapes, gummies and colorful…