Alcohol and Spirits Companies Threatened by Legalized Cannabis

Beer and spirit companies feel threatened by legalized marijuana and so they are donating to campaigns and anti-pot organizations. I know as a user and as a friend to many who use marijuana both medicinally and recreationally, most of us still partake in at least the occasional drinking of booze. In my opinion, companies who distribute alcoholic beverages are threatened because once society realizes that marijuana is a much safer and more mellow choice of “mind altering” substance, then people are going to see alcohol as a serious social problem instead of just passing it off because it is legal. Why do you think beer and spirits companies feel threatened?

The fight against legalized pot is being heavily bankrolled by alcohol and pharmaceutical companies, terrified that they might lose market share.

On the heels of a filing last week that revealed that a synthetic cannabis company is financing the opposition to legal marijuana in Arizona comes a new disclosure this week that a beer industry group made one of the largest donations to an organization set up to defeat legalization in Massachusetts.

The Beer Distributors PAC, an affiliate that represents 16 beer-distribution companies in Massachusetts, gave $25,000 to the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts, tying it for third place among the largest contributors to the anti-pot organization.

Read more here at the intercept.com.