Saturday, June 22, 2024

Portland Pickles Baseball Team Selling THC-Infused Beverages

 

The Portland Pickles are a collegiate summer baseball team in the West Coast League. The Pickles recently became the first sports team in the history of the United States to legally sell marijuana-based products during a live sporting event. Batter up! (“Here’s the pitch…high!”)

The Pickles organization recently revealed they have a new partnership with something called Cycling Frog, which sells THC-based seltzer drinks. The team started selling the psychoactive drinks at their stadium on June 18th. According to oregonlive.com, the Seltzer drinks contain 2MG of THC and 4MG of CBG-- and are available in lemon and passion fruit flavors. Pickle fans—and fans of getting high—must be 21 or older to purchase the “refreshments.”

The Pickles’ VP of Business Development, Ross Campbell, stated, “The Portland Pickles have a responsibility in the sports industry to take leaps and set a precedent of innovative partnerships.” They have a responsibility to set a precedent by vending mind-altering drugs? Amazing. (And, no, no sports organization has a “responsibility” to sell alcohol, either.)

The writing is on the wall: teams will someday soon be vending THC-infused gummies, candies, and bars—along with joints, spliffs, bong hits, etc.

Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some gummies and THC-infused snacks
I don't care if I never get back,
 
Let me toot, toot, toot ‘til my eyes gleam,
If I don’t get baked it's a shame
'Cause it's one, two, three seltzers I’m out
At the old ball game
Dude!
 

But, not to worry, traditionalists. Sales of peanuts and Cracker Jacks should be higher, too!

                                                                                                                                     

 

 

 

 

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