Weed drinks set up turf war between alcohol and cannabis industries

THC-infused drinks are popping up more often in the refrigerator section. And yes, they’re legal.Why it matters: A loophole in the 2018 farm bill helped parlay the marijuana drinks market — and government regulators are catching on. Big Alcohol, which has gotten into the market as beer sales plummet, isn’t totally pleased.The drinks on sale at cannabis stores, breweries and alcohol retailers are commonly derived from hemp, which typically contains less than 0.3% of high-inducing ingredient THC.THC-infused drinks were “inadvertently legalized” through this bill, per Bloomberg, while…