SOURCE: WeedWeek
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The report tested 104 products from 68 hemp brands, purchased online and shipped via UPS, the U.S. Postal Service and in one case FedEx.
The report alleges none of the shippers required age verification upon delivery, and almost all relied solely on an online check box for age verification.
The reports’ findings include:
Individual hemp gummies which contained up to 32-times more THC (calculated as D9-THC plus D8-THC) than the 10mg California allows in a dose.
Nearly half of tested products contained THC-P, a synthesized and barely studied compound said to be up to 30-times more potent than THC.
More than half the products exceeded the 0.3% THC threshold below which they could be considered federally legal hemp.
Other hemp products contained unrelated substances such as kratom and “hallucinogenic mushrooms.”
Half of the vapes marketed as containing THC-A did not contain the naturally occurring cannabinoid. “Most were a blend of synthetic delta-8 and THC-P.” The THC-A vapes cited in the report included one from prominent brand Cookies, which did not respond to requests for comment.
The report is based on testing by San Diego-based licensed cannabis lab Infinite Chemical Analysis.
Representatives of hemp industry groups U.S. Hemp Roundtable and the Hemp Industries Association did not respond to requests for comment.
“We are troubled, but not surprised, by the widespread presence of synthetic THC in so-called ‘hemp’ products,” Michael Bronstein, president of The American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp (ATACH), said in a statement. The report “is unfortunately consistent with similar studies in other parts of the United States.”
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