How high: OLCC detects excessive levels of THC in products advertised as hemp

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s cannabis regulators are sounding the alarm on “widespread non-compliance” in the hemp market.

Despite the fact that hemp is defined as a cannabis plant with less than 0.3% of THC, the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Cannabis Reference Laboratory found that all of the hemp flower samples it tested exceeded this threshold. And some contained as much as 30.5% THC.

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These findings...