"The soda had the benefits of an edible: No inhalation of smoke, and the high lasted for a couple hours longer than smoking." Credit: Dockside Cannabis

The soda had the benefits of an edible: No inhalation of smoke, and the high lasted for a couple hours longer than smoking.

“The soda had the benefits of an edible: No inhalation of smoke, and the high lasted for a couple hours longer than smoking.” Dockside Cannabis

Just in time for the two weeks of the year when Seattleites complain about the city’s lack of air conditioning, weed sodas have officially become a thing.

Refrigerators are being installed in dispensaries across the city, and 10 percent of edibles sold last month were sodas, according to an analysis done by Lemonhaze.com, a Seattle start-up that uses wholesale and retail data to analyze Washington’s pot market.

I like soda, I love weed, but after trying out a couple different brands, I can safely say that I don’t think weed sodas are for me. It makes sense why I wouldn’t like them, though. I am, politely speaking, a weed enthusiast. I appreciate pot’s flavors, and I am not uncomfortable handling the plant.

Lester Black is a former staff writer for The Stranger, where he wrote about Seattle news, cannabis, and beer. He is sometimes sober.