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Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products are booming. Here’s what to know.

 As a new kind of legal weed takes the U.S. by storm, regulators, law enforcement and even industry voices are calling for more oversight.

 have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

 covering health care and women’s issues. In addition to 

, Yurkanin’s reporting has appeared in The Washington Post, ProPublica and The Marshall Project. Her work has been honored by the Online News Association, the Association of Health Care Journalists and the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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 covering health care and women’s issues.

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Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products are booming. Here’s what to know.

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

Fearless journalismfor a healthier world

Amy Yurkanin

Latest

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products are booming. Here’s what to know.

Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

Fearless journalism
for a healthier world