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RICHMOND, Va. -- Inside a VCU lab, Associate Professor Michelle Peace and her doctoral candidates dedicate some of their research to learning what exactly is in products derived from hemp that like CBD and Delta 8.

They test items found in shops locally and nationally and products sent from people who have adverse reactions. The range includes anything from rubs, to Delta 8 gummies, Oreos, rice crispies and more.

Peace said it can be hard for the consumer to know what they are purchasing because some of these products look so official.

Through their research of these products, they are consistently finding the same issues.

“What you see on the label, isn’t always what's in the package," Peace explained. "It’s a lot more is actually in the product than what is on the label."

Right now in Virginia there is no state or government agency testing the majority of these products being sold. So Peace is calling on regulation to be brought into the industry. She said the current situation with unregulated products is a significant public health and public safety problem.

“This has to be quality tested. We have to make sure consumers are getting what they are getting what they are paying for,” she said.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin currently has bills on his desk that would bring more regulation to the industry.

The bills would require all businesses selling these products to have a state permit, THC would be limited to 0.3% per product or 2 milligrams and clear...

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