A bottle of Willie's THC-infused drink is seen next to bottles of prosecco and champagne on a kitchen counter in Morehead City, North Carolina. Canabis drinkables are increasingly replacing alcohol at parties.
At Fourth of July barbecues last weekend, Americans were more likely than ever to crack open a can of cannabis, rather than a beer.
Pot has long been associated in the United States with hippies and stoners nursing pungent joints.
Now - or at least until a looming federal law drops the hammer on the trend later this year - many Americans are getting a more socially acceptable buzz around dinner tables or out on the patio in the form of THC-infused beverages sold at mainstream supermarkets.
Hosting a brunch for friends at her coastal North Carolina home, Cecilia Pfaff, a small business owner, had a spread of beverages laid out on the kitchen counter.
