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CONSUMPTION LOUNGES POPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT FIVE. I’M GUY RAWLINGS AND I’M BRITTANY DECKER. THESE LOUNGES ALLOWING RESIDENTS A NEW WAY TO USE A WIDE RANGE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS. �������� 13 S LISA CRANE LIVE AND LOCAL IN AVONDALE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SOME BUD TENDERS THERE. HOW DOES THIS ALL WORK? LISA WELL, THIS IS AVONDALE APOTHECARY. IT’S KIND OF A MIX BETWEEN A CBD STORE AND A BAR, BUT HERE THEY DON’T SERVE ALCOHOL. THEY SERVE CANNABIS PRODUCTS LIKE THIS. LAUGHING LEMONADE. OR MAYBE THESE GUMMIES. THEY EVEN HAVE THESE CANNABIS FLOWERS. EVEN ON A MONDAY, THIS CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGE HAS A STEADY STREAM OF CUSTOMERS. SQUEEZE THIS AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE SMELL OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE IN THERE AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AVONDALE APOTHECARY. OWNER SAYS THERE IS NO TYPICAL CANNABIS CONSUMER. WE GET EVERYBODY FROM 21 TO 85, 90 YEARS OLD. SO IT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PAIN RELIEF, WHETHER IT’S SOME OF OUR CBD BOMBS OR OR USING CANNABIS AS THEIR TRUE MEDICINE TO GET OFF PHARMACEUTICALS. THIS CANNABIS LOUNGE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A TRADITIONAL BAR THAT SERVES ALCOHOL. CUSTOMERS SAY IT’S ALL THE ENJOYMENT WITHOUT THE HANGOVER. I THINK THIS IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAN DRINKING AND STUFF, AND I THINK IT’S IT’S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT ALL. I PREFER THIS OVER DRINKING ANY DAY. THEY OFFER CANNABIS GUMMIES, VAPES AND BUDS. YOU CAN GRIND AND ROLL AND RESINS. YOU CONSUME LIKE THIS. BUD TENDER WILLIAM BROWN SAYS THERE’S ONE QUESTION HE ANSWERS EVERY DAY IS THIS REAL WEED? YES, IT IS. I EXPLAINED TO THEM HOW IT IS LEGAL UNDER THE ALABAMA FARM BILL. EVERYTHING THAT WE SELL COMES IN A PACKAGE WITH COMPLIANCE ON THE BACK. SO THIS CAN BE SCANNED AND IT TELLS YOU THAT IT IS SENT IT A FARM BILL COMPLIANT. NOW BESIDES THE BAR HERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOUNGE ROOMS IN THE BACK. THERE IS ALSO A MUSIC VENUE WITH AN OUTDOOR BAR, BUT THERE IS NO ALCOHOL SERVED OR EVEN ALLOWED HERE. YOU CAN, HOWEVER, ORDER A WIDE RANGE OF CANNABIS DRINKS, SOME EVEN ON TAP. LI