{"id":54778,"date":"2022-02-09T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/virginia-senator-allegedly-sold-illicit-untested-weed-products-at-her-hemp-store\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:10:00","slug":"virginia-senator-allegedly-sold-illicit-untested-weed-products-at-her-hemp-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/virginia-senator-allegedly-sold-illicit-untested-weed-products-at-her-hemp-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Senator Allegedly Sold Illicit, Untested Weed Products at Her Hemp Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Virginia state senator has reportedly been selling fake, unregulated THC products<\/u><\/a> at her hemp store, two whole years<\/u><\/a> before adult-use sales are slated to begin.<\/p>\n

Virginians for Safe Cannabis<\/u><\/a>, an advocacy group composed of legal medical marijuana stakeholders and members of Virginia NORML, recently collected 66 cannabis products from hemp stores in the northern part of the state. Michelle Peace, a forensic science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, analyzed these products in her lab and presented the findings to state lawmakers at a hearing last week.<\/p>\n

Out of all 66 products, only one was accurately labeled. Most of these items claimed to contain delta-8-THC<\/u><\/a>, a psychoactive cannabinoid derived from legal hemp. This compound is (questionably) legal<\/u><\/a> under federal law, but many states<\/u><\/a> have chosen to ban<\/u><\/a> products containing delta-8 and related cannabinoids over the past year.<\/p>\n

Four of these products contained more delta-8-THC than was advertised on the package, and 19 had less than was advertised. Another 25 products contained more than 0.3 percent delta-9-THC, which is illegal under federal and state hemp laws. And 22 of the products actually did not contain noticeable levels of any cannabinoid in them at all.<\/p>\n