Two Los Angeles THC Drink Brands Launch Around Federal Cap

PACIFIC, August 5, 2026: Two of Los Angeles's largest hemp beverage brands brought new products to market on consecutive days this week, each built around the federal 0.4mg per container limit taking effect November 12 rather than around any California rule.

Cann launched a golf-themed Half and Half variety on August 3 in partnership with investor and NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, releasing it in a 3mg THC version and an uninfused version at the same time, according to BevNET. It is the first Cann product designed from the start to exist on both sides of the November line. The company had already introduced 0MG, its first zero-THC line, on July 9, with in-store availability rolling out this month. Unlike its hemp-derived THC drinks, Cann said, 0MG can be shipped to all 50 states.

A day later, Dad Grass and the Miles Davis Estate released "Miles Davis Bitches Brew by Dad Grass," a limited-edition guava and hibiscus drink marking the Davis centennial, in 3mg and 10mg formats. The company is selling it direct to consumer at DadGrass.com rather than through retail. "Miles Davis has always been a favorite of ours," co-founder Ben Starmer said in a statement. Dad Grass, which launched in 2020 and won BevNET's 2026 New Beverage Showdown, distributes in hundreds of retail locations nationally.

The two routes, a zero-THC line extension that can ship anywhere and a high-dose direct-to-consumer drop, are the survivable shapes available to a California hemp beverage brand once the federal limit lands.

California's own framework drew criticism from a statewide officeholder. Treasurer Fiona Ma called Proposition 64 a "complete failure" that is not "working as intended," citing excess taxes and regulatory barriers, and said it should be replaced with a new ballot initiative prioritizing consumers and small businesses, Marijuana Moment reported July 31. Ma made the remarks at a hearing she convened on cannabis industry banking access. Proposition 64's licensing structure is the channel that AB 8 routes intoxicating hemp products into as of January 1, 2026, and absorbs them into entirely on January 1, 2028.

Two California bills touching the beverage category, AB 2250 and AB 2532, were calendared for Senate Appropriations on August 3. No committee action from that date had been published as of Wednesday, and CalMatters' bill tracker still showed both measures at their pre-hearing status.

In Alaska, SB 208, the industrial hemp program overhaul transmitted to Gov. Mike Dunleavy on July 23, remains unsigned with an August 15 deadline. Elsewhere in the region, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington held their existing postures, with no ruling reported in the federal challenge to Hawaii's Act 269 restrictions.

In Washington, the state Liquor and Cannabis Board opened comment on draft rules governing financial interest agreements for cannabis retailers. Those rules cover licensed cannabis rather than hemp, but Washington confines any product with detectable THC to that same licensed channel.

Federally, industry groups spent the week reacting to Senate action on a continuing resolution that would push most hemp restrictions to December 11 while leaving the November ban on synthetic cannabinoids intact. Accounts of the chamber's action conflict: BevNET reported August 3 that the Senate passed the resolution over the weekend, while noting in the same article that the measure was expected to go to a vote this week, and Marijuana Moment described it August 4 as the Senate's inclusion of provisions in a funding bill. The measure would still require House passage and the president's signature.