Marijuana Company of America, Inc. announced that the Company's subsidiary, cDistro distribution has signed a Master Distribution Agreement with Mitra-9 Brands LLC Suite of alcohol alternative beverages derived from the natural herbs Kava and Kratom. The Master Distribution Agreement is for cDistro to distribute Mitra-9, which has developed a suite of alcohol alternative beverages derived from natural herbs called kava and kratom which are made from plants found in Southeast Asia. Depending on how the herbs are dried and fermented, they can produce different therapeutic effects ranging from increased optimism, motivation, focus, or relaxation.

With 50% of adults making deliberate efforts to reduce their alcohol consumption, Mitra-9 is building a CPG brand of kava and kratom beverages, an export business to manage the flow of Kratom into the US, breweries to produce their products, a distribution network to market and sell their own beverages, and opening up owned and operated retail locations nationally to the alcohol alternative market which has grown by $7 billion since 2018. Mitra-9 brews and manufactures Kava and Kratom canned beverages and mixers that offer great taste. Capturing the momentum of the alcoholic seltzers, Mitra-9's top-selling products are canned, fizzy drinks that come in a variety of flavors.

Since launching only one year ago Mitra-9 has quickly scaled its production capacity and is producing to 150,000+ cans per month.