The airline Virgin Atlantic is denying claims it’s partnering with a cannabis beverage company that’s gone out of its way to convince followers a deal has been reached to provide its THC-infused sodas to adult travelers on select U.S. flights.
Drippy, which sells drinks with 10mg of THC and 10mg of CBN, launched a video ad about the claim and shared seemingly forged screenshots of a letter it said was from Virgin Atlantic’s CEO, as well as an email that appeared to come from another executive at the airline.
The company insisted in a social media post that “this is not satire.”
But while the claims made their way into articles that reported the partnership as legitimate in outlets such as BevNet and The Marijuana Herald, a Virgin Atlantic representative told Marijuana Moment on Friday “this story is entirely inaccurate” and the airline has “no partnership with this brand.”
Contacted about that denial, Drippy told Marijuana Moment that the company has “been purposely vague in our responses because… well, that’s half the fun.”
“There’s no official partnership—we staged the whole thing to make a point: it’s wild that you can slam three vodkas on a flight, but not sip a
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