Blue Keef beverage cans move along a curved conveyor belt inside a production facility. The cans travel in a single-file line through stainless steel machinery, with the red, glossy factory floor visible beneath the equipment. The scene captures an active canning and packaging operation.
Cans of seltzer containing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, speed down the canning line at Indeed Brewing in Minneapolis on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP), 11/28/25 — The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis users high, has been a lifeline at Indeed and other craft breweries as alcohol sales have fallen in recent years.

But that boom looks set to come to a crashing halt. Buried in the bill that ended the federal government shutdown this month was a provision to ban those drinks, along with other impairing beverages and snacks made from hemp, which have proliferated across the country in recent years. Now the $24 billion hemp industry is scrambling to save itself before the provision takes effect in November 2026.

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