If you ask anyone who suffers from caffeine withdrawal, they'll tell you coffee is already a form of medication. But now, two local companies are taking it to the next level. Ermont, a Quincy-based medical marijuana operation, is adding a new product to its dispensary shelves this week: bottled cold brew coffee infused with 25 milligrams of THC, the cannabinoid, or chemical, that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties.

This article originally appeared on Medical Daily. Names like "Raspberry Macaroons," "Mellow Handcrafted Marshmellows" and "Pineapple Delight Bites" may sound tasty to those with a sweet tooth. But these names belong to some of the most popular marijuana edibles across the U.S.

Jason Elsasser surveys his two-acre patch of windswept sand outside the California town of Desert Hot Springs, and sees a fortune. "This whole area back here," he says, pointing to a blank desert plot dotted with rocks and shrubs, "is going to be a 22,000-sq ft, state-of-the-art greenhouse that will produce 6,000lbs of high-quality cannabis per year, minimum."