Prosecutors and state investigators said Friday that a nearly year-long investigation has found that products sold in some hemp specialty shops are not hemp but are marijuana.
They said testing of products bought by agents during the investigation of CBD specialty stores and vape shops found that many of the smokable products labeled as hemp far exceed the legal limit for THC, which is 0.3% for hemp, as set in the federal farm bill passed in 2018.
“Let’s make it abundantly clear,” Attorney General Steve Marshall said. “This is not hemp. This is marijuana…