In Depth with Dan: Examining THC in drinks

YEARS. IT'S EASIER HERE.

>> TONIGHT, THIS IN DEPTH IS

BROUGHT TO YOU BY A VIEWER

NAMED JIM. HE EMAILED AND WRAL

DOT COM AND SAID I RECENTLY

VISITED TOTAL WINE AND MORE

UNNOTICED. THC AND DELTA.

9 BEVERAGES. I WAS SURPRISED TO

SEE AN ENTIRE AISLE ABOUT 32

FEET LONG DEDICATED TO THESE

PRODUCTS. I BELIEVE THIS

DESERVES MORE ATTENTION.

SO LET'S DO THAT. LET'S GET

SOME ATTENTION BECAUSE I

BELIEVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE

KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT

THESE PRODUCTS EVEN ARE.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BOIL

IT DOWN OR IN THIS CASE

EXTRACT, WE TO DISSOLVE IT IN

HELPED HAYNE BADEN, SULFURIC

ACID, THEN STIR IT UNDER A

CONTROLLED HEAT. LET'S TALK

ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA'S LEGAL

THC.

SO LET'S LET'S START HERE.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW,

MARIJUANA IS NOT LEGAL IN NORTH

CAROLINA, NOT MEDICALLY, NOT

RECREATIONALLY YET. YOU CAN

SEE SIGNS OUTSIDE OF

BUSINESSES, ADVERTISING, THC

PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY DRINKS

WITH THC RIGHT IN THE TITLE.

DRINKS LIKE STAY COOL. HIGH

SPIRITS, NANO CANNABIS CAN HIDE

BOY AND KEEFE ORANGE KUSH.

THESE ARE TITLES STRAIGHT OUT

OF CHEECH AND CHONG FOR YOUNGER

VIEWERS. THESE ARE TEACHING

CHOP. ABOUT HAROLD AND KUMAR.

STILL NO, OKAY. SNOOP AND

MARTHA, WHATEVER YOU GET THE

POINT. BUT WHAT IS THE DEAL?

IS THIS FALSE ADVERTISING?

WELL, NOW, SO THEN ARE THEY

BREAKING THE LAW? ALSO, NO,

BUT HOW CAN BOTH BE TRUE?

WELL, BECAUSE THE THC, SO HERE

IN NORTH CAROLINA COMES FROM

HEMP. LET ME EXPLAIN. THIS IS

HELP. THIS IS MARIJUANA.

THEY ARE THE SIBLINGS. THIS

MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER TO

EXPLAIN USING ANOTHER PLANT.

SO LET'S USE WILD CABINET.

YOU SEE THIS PLANT IS THE

OLDEST ANCESTOR OF SOME OF YOUR

FAVORITE VEGGIES, BROCCOLI

KALE, COLLARDS BRUSSELS SPROUTS

CAULIFLOWER. ALL OF THEM COME

FROM WILD CABBAGE. WE HAVE

THOSE VARIATIONS BECAUSE OF

SELECTIVE BREEDING ABOUT SOME

OF THOSE SIBLINGS MIGHT BE

BUSHY LIKE BROCCOLI AND OTHERS

LEAFY LIKE KALE. THEY ALL SHARE

A COMMON ANCESTOR AND COMMON

TRAITS. AND WITH HEMP AND

MARIJUANA. ONE OF THOSE TRAITS

IS THC, SPECIFICALLY DELTA,

9 THC, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY

COMPOUND THAT GETS YOU HIGH.

NOW. MARIJUANA HAS LOTS OF IT.

HEMP HAS VERY LITTLE, BUT IT

DOES EXIST IN BOTH PLANTS IN

THIS IS WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP

COMES IN. I KNOW. CAN YOU

BELIEVE IT? HE'S IN EVERY STORY

IN 2018. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED

THE FARM BILL AND WANTED TO

GIVE NEW LIFE TO THE HEMP

INDUSTRY WHICH CAN BE USED FOR

ALL TYPES OF THINGS, CLOTHING

AND CONSTRUCTION AND LOTS OF

STUFF. THE BILL LEGALIZED HEMP

AND ALL THE THINGS INSIDE IT

LIKE THOSE TRACE AMOUNTS OF THC

AND COMPANIES ESSENTIALLY ARE

USING THOSE TRACE AMOUNTS TO

MAKE PRODUCTS THAT CAN GET YOU

HYPED. YOU SEE CHEMISTS AND

ENGINEERS HAVE FIGURED OUT A

WAY TO EXTRACT THAT DELTA, 9

THC AND THEN ADDED TO LOTS OF

PRODUCTS LIKE VAPES AND

CHOCOLATES AND GUMMIES AND

DRINKS. SO JUST TO REITERATE

AND TO UNDERSCORE HERE, THE

SAME CHEMICAL THAT GET YOU HIGH

IN WEED IS THE SAME THING TO

GET YOU HIGH AND A CAN OF

KEITH. THE CHEMICAL PROCESS

THAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BODY IS

IDENTICAL MEETING IN A STATE

WHERE ALL FORMS OF MARIJUANA

ARE ILLEGAL. THIS IS A BIT OF

A LOOPHOLE AND WELL-KNOWN LOCAL

COMPANIES ARE JUMPING RIGHT

THROUGH IT. BOWSTRING PIZZA,

WHISKEY KITCHEN TROPHY BREWING.

THEY ALL EITHER HAVE DRINKS IN

THE WORKS ARE ALREADY ON THE

SHELVES. THE CO-OWNER OF TROPHY

BREWING SAID HE HAS SEEN THE

MARKET EXPLODE AND JUST THE

LAST 6 MONTHS.

EVEN OUR OF OUR SHOTS, 8 YEARS

SALES, PLENTY OF THESE TYPES OF

PRODUCTS. AND WE ARE SEEING

THEIR POPULARITY JUST

SKYROCKETED.

>> SO IF THEY ALL KNOW ABOUT

THE LOOPHOLE AND I KNOW ABOUT

THE LOOPHOLE NOW, YOU KNOW

ABOUT IT, TOO, THEN YOU BEST

BELIEVE LAWMAKERS KNOW ABOUT

IT. IN FACT, THIS WEEK, NORTH

CAROLINA LEGISLATORS INTRODUCED

A BILL.

>> THAT ACTUALLY A FEW THINGS.

IT WOULD RAISE THE AGE FROM

18 TO 21 TO BUY THESE PRODUCTS.

OVERSIGHT AND SOME LICENSING

LICENSING RULES FOR SELLERS

AND DISTRIBUTORS AND HAVE

QUALITY CONTROL FOR

MANUFACTURERS TESTING FOR

THINGS LIKE HEAVY METALS AND

PESTICIDES AND OTHER TOXINS.

YOU'LL NOTICE, THOUGH, THERE'S

NO CALL IN THAT LEGISLATION

TO SHUT DOWN THE INDUSTRY,

THOUGH, IN THE STATE WHICH IS

IT REALLY SURPRISING BECAUSE

BUSINESS IS BOOMING. ACCORDING

TO THE USDA IN 2023, NORTH

CAROLINA, MORE THAN DOUBLED ITS

HEMP PRODUCTION FROM ONE YEAR

TO THE NEXT IT RANKED OF THE

TIME. NUMBER 4 IN THE NATION.

THERE YOU HAVE IT. THAT'S WHY

YOU SEE THOSE PRODUCTS ON THE

SHELVES BUT THE QUESTION DOES

REMAIN SHOULD YOU HAVE IT?

ARE THESE PRODUCTS SAFE TO

DRINK OR EAT? WELL, THAT IS

KIND OF TOUGH TO ANSWER AGAIN,

BECAUSE THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH

REGULATION AND THIS KIND OF

MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS LAST WEEK,

THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,

GAVIN NEWSOME EXTENDED HIS

EMERGENCY BAN ON HEMP DERIVED

THC. HE CITES A LACK OF TESTING

FOR TOXINS AND HEAVY METALS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR INCONSISTENT

THC LEVELS, MEANING YOU MIGHT

INGEST SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY

IS WAY STRONGER THAN ADVERTISED

AND CHILD SAFETY. CRITICS THINK

THAT HE'S HE'S DOING THIS

BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO CRUSH

THAT INDUSTRY BECAUSE HE'S

BEING LOBBIED BY LEGAL

MARIJUANA, WHICH DOES SHE

HAMPUS A REAL THREAT AND THAT

MAY BE TRUE AND IT MAY NOT BE

TRUE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

THOSE CONCERNS AREN'T

REASONABLE. I MEAN, THIS MONTH,

NORTH CAROLINA POISON CONTROL

REPORTED THE CASES OF CANNABIS

EXPOSURE IN KIDS HAS DOUBLED IN

THE PAST 4 YEARS. AND LAST

YEAR, NEARLY HALF OF THOSE KIDS

WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 13.

NOW, AS FAR AS THAT SPECIFIC

DELTA, 9 THC COMPOUND, WE COULD

FIND COUNTLESS STUDIES ON THE

PROS AND CONS OF MARIJUANA IS

MOST FAMOUS INGREDIENT. BUT

ONE THING IS CERTAINLY TRUE.

EVERYONE. WE ACCEPT IT

DIFFERENTLY TO IT. THAT'S WHY

IT MAKES SOME PEOPLE ANXIOUS

AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND IT MAKES

OTHER PEOPLE LIKE FISH. SO IF

YOU DO PLAN TO TRY NANO,

CANNABIS SAYS STAY COOL OR OR

KEEFE. HERE IS A BIT OF ADVICE.

PAY ATTENTION TO THAT LITTLE

LABEL ON THE CAN. THAT TELLS

YOU THE MILLIGRAMS OF THC AND

START LOW AND UNDERSTAND A CAN

OF THIS WILL HIT YOU MUCH

DIFFERENTLY. THEN WINE OR BEER.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THIS

PARTICULAR PRODUCT IS THE SLOW

TO TAKE. IT HAS INTO THE INTO

THE SYSTEM. YOU CAN BE ONE OR

2 DRINKS INTO IT BEFORE FEELING

THE EFFECTS.

>> AND BEING THAT WE'RE PUTTING

THIS IN A SELTZER VERSUS AND

BEER THAT HAS HIGH CALORIC

VALUE. YOU KNOW THAT IT'S

REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COME

BACK TO REAL FAST AND NOT

REALIZE HOW DEEP THEY ARE INTO

IT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO

UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT.

THERE IS A DELAYED EFFECT IF

YOU USING THESE

>> IF YOU WERE TO SLUG DOWN

TO 25 MILLIGRAM DRINKS, YOU

COULD BE CONSUMING ABOUT AS

MUCH DELTA, 9 THC IS SOMEONE

PLAYING PUFF PUFF PASS WITH

THESE GUYS, EVEN IF YOU CAN

BUY IT AT TOTAL WINE, IF YOU

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS

ONE, LET ME KNOW. SEND ME AN

E-MAIL WITH DAN AT WRAL DOT

COM. IT WAS JIM'S EMAIL THAT

LED TO TONIGHT'S SEGMENT.

YOURS COULD BE NEXT. WE RELY ON

YOUR FEEDBACK AND ALL THE

INTELLIGENT E-MAILS THAT WE GET

FROM ALL OF OUR VIEWERS OUT

THERE. SO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT