Texans may get more than they bargain for when they buy what's marketed as legal hemp products at smoke shops and dispensaries around the state, according to a new Texas Monthly investigation.
tested hemp products from eight retailers around Texas and found that all had higher levels of THC than allowed under law.Texans may get more than they bargain for when they buy what's marketed as legal hemp products at smoke shops and dispensaries around the state,Senior Editor Russell Gold bought smokable cannabis at eight dispensaries — two each in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Houston — and had them tested to see if they exceeded the legal limit of THC allowable in hemp.
For example, a “house blend” preroll from the Alamo Heights location of Green Haven Cannabis Co. tested at 12.38%, or 41 times the legal limit, according to. Patrick Brantley, who owns the three-store chain, told the magazine he relies on testing numbers provided by his suppliers.used San Francisco-based Anresco Laboratories to test the samples, which conducted a similar test of its own earlier this year. In that examination, 19 of 29 commercial hemp samples it tested were above the 0.3% level.
Earlier this year, a bipartisan group of 21 attorneys general sent a letter to Congress urging it to narrow the definition of legal hemp as it debates renewal of the Farm Bill.
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