Typhoon Farma, which operates a hemp farm in Montrose, Colo., planted 70 acres of the cannabis plant this year. Ryan Eakes/Typhoon Farma hide caption
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Blue Flowers salesman Nick Davenport said his customers are "100 percent" stunned to see the intoxicating hemp products he sells. Steve Harrison/WFAE hide caption
Delta-8 products are set for testing at Virginia Commonwealth University's forensic science lab. These products come in different forms and packaging, many of which are designed to look like candies or cereal. Crixell Matthews/VPM News hide caption
States look to regulate weed alternatives like delta-8 as sales explode
Farmer Elizabeth Melson dries hemp in a converted garage in Sperryville, Va. Hannah Hagemann/NPR hide caption
Budding Hemp Farmers Struggle To Find Success In The 'Green Rush'
Marijuana plants grow in a marijuana cultivation facility on July 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Justin Filipowski (left) and Peter Curtis, dressed in 18th-century post-Colonial costume, harvest hemp at Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic plantation. It is the first hemp crop harvest on this Founding Father's estate in decades, maybe centuries. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption