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delta-8

  • In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Aileen Burger loads an oral syringe with cannabis-infused oil used as medicine for her 4-year-old daughter Elizabeth, who suffers from severe epilepsy and is receiving the experimental treatment with a special strain of medical marijuana, at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. After years of nearly losing their daughter while trying and failing with dozens of mainstream treatments, Elizabeth's parents moved from the east coast to Colorado. They say they have had luck with Charlotte's Web, a proprietary strain of marijuana in which the psychoactive THC has been largely bred out, and the other cannabinoid compounds thought to be medically useful accentuated. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
    Health
    Hemp-derived delta-8 skirts marijuana laws and raises health concerns
    Eric Berger - Kaiser Health News
    A cannabis product called delta-8 was made legal when the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp. But unlike its cousin CBD, delta-8 has psychoactive properties. And the FDA warns it has “serious health risks.” The agency has received more than 100 reports of bad reactions among people who consumed it.