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Amy Yurkanin

Amy Yurkanin is a senior reporter at Al.com covering health care and women’s issues. In addition to Al.com, 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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The Examination
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Marijuana or hemp? Most drug tests can’t tell the difference.

People in states where marijuana remains illegal are failing drug tests and facing major repercussions even though they say it is legal hemp that they are consuming.

August 14, 2024
The Examination
Drugs
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Future of delta-8 in question as lawmakers and hemp industry square off

Architect of hemp law says she ‘did not know’ that highly-potent compounds could be made from the plant.

June 27, 2024
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Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products are booming. Here’s what to know.

Marijuana for recreational use remains outlawed in half of the U.S. — yet it is easy to buy gummies, vapes and other products that deliver a high in many of those same states.

April 18, 2024
The Examination
Drugs
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Sales of delta-8 and other hemp products have soared. So have calls to poison control centers.

 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.

April 18, 2024

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