While North Carolina remains one of 12 states where marijuana — medical or not — remains illegal, WRAL Investigates found you can essentially find pot at corner stores across the state. When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, it legalized the sale of hemp and its byproducts, so long as the products have less than .3% naturally occurring Delta 9 THC. Marijuana and its main psychoactive ingredient, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is still regulated under the Controlled Substances Act. It didn’t take long for growers to extract THC from hemp plants and introduce new products into the marketplace with claims that the CBD (cannabidiol) they do contain can help with pain relief and sleeplessness. CBD is a naturally occurring substance in hemp and pot that does not contain THC.
While CBD products were available prior to the Farm Bill, the number of products and availability surged in the past two or so years. From smoke shops to convenience stores, you can now find those products everywhere, claiming certain levels of Delta 8, Delta 9, Delta 10, THCA (THC acid) and more. While related to CBD, those products are much more.
“These are all psychoactive substances,” Michael Horton told WRAL Investigates. He test products from growers, manufacturers and even store owners at the company he helped start, Raleigh-based Delta 9 Analytical.
While the products, by law, can’t be sold to anyone under 18, many have packaging that looks like candy and there are concerns the products marketing targets children.
WRAL Investigates went shopping for products to have them tested, purchasing three products from a Cary smoke shop, one from a Cary convenience store and one from a Raleigh convenience store.
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