Fiona Rutherford

US Liquor Sales Plunge in Canada Amid Tariff Spat, Hurting Whole Market Canada’s boycott of American spirits isn’t just dragging down sales of US brands in the country. It’s squeezing all alcohol spending, including for domestic products, according to the latest analysis ...

Canada's boycott of US spirits slashed American liquor sales — but it’s also hurting Canadian brands

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FDA Is Looking for Expanded Power to Crack Down on Illegal Vapes The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at kratom extracts and preparing to ask Congress for expanded authority to shut down illegal vaping imports, according to the agency’s head.

I spoke to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary about illegal vapes, synthetic opioids like “gas station heroin,” and concentrated kratom extracts flooding US stores
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Can Non-Alcoholic Beer Grow Market Share For Diageo, Guinness, AB InBev? After all the investment and attention in recent years, nonalcoholic beer is only expected to be about 3% of the global beer market by 2029.

Nonalcoholic beer had a boom. Now big brewers need it to last www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Colorado Moves to Allow Hallucinogen Ibogaine for Medical Use Colorado has begun formally reviewing ibogaine, in what could become the first step toward making the hallucinogen legally available for people seeking treatment for substance use disorders and mental...

Colorado is moving toward allowing the hallucinogen ibogaine to be used to treat substance use disorders and mental health conditions.
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This Company Wants to Make Buying Pot as Easy as Buying Produce One of the biggest US multistate cannabis companies is betting its customers just want to get in and get out.

Verano, one of the biggest US cannabis companies, is trying something new: a self-serve weed store. In Arizona, customers can grab flower, vapes or edibles straight off the shelf www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Celebrity Tequila Braces for Trump’s Tariff Burn Love it or hate it, the entertainer-turned-spirits-purveyor trend is about to hit a painful new roadblock.

Love it or hate it, the celebrity tequila trend is about to hit a painful new roadblock.

Trump’s Tariff Convulsions Are Wreaking Havoc on Tequila Makers US President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats against Mexico are giving executives in the country’s iconic tequila industry a splitting headache.

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats against Mexico are giving executives in the country’s iconic tequila industry a splitting headache www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Kratom to Be Tested for Addiction Risk in First-Ever Study Popular for its stimulating and pain-relieving properties, the herb kratom can be as easy to buy as a bag of chips in many parts of the US. That’s also raised questions about whether kratom should be ...

An FDA-funded study will look at how addictive kratom is. While results are years away, the findings could help settle a longstanding debate over its regulation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New York Sues Puff Bar, Other Vape Sellers for Targeting Kids New York’s top prosecutor is suing Puff Bar and about a dozen other makers and distributors of popular e-cigarette brands for alleged illegal sales practices and marketing products to children.

New York’s attorney general is taking on Puff Bar and a dozen other vape makers and distributors, accusing them of illegally selling products and marketing to kids www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

That RFK Jr. to-do list is growing >

Health Secretary RFK Jr. Calls for Thorough Studies of Marijuana Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said cannabis needs to be closely studied in order to shape public health policies.

RFK Jr said cannabis needs to be closely studied in order to shape public health policies.

Nearly half of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. "We have now a capacity to really study it and to compare it," he said. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...