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WEBVTT JOYCE: IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE MARIJUANA, AND USERS SAY IT HAS SIMILAR IF X. PATRICK: BUT IT’S LEGAL IN WISCONSIN. ADRIENNE PEDERSEN EXPLORES WHY PEOPLE ARE USING HEMP, IF IT DOESN’T GET YOU HIGH. >> LOCAL BUSINESS ARE PUTTING HEMP AND CBD IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. SO WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE? AT CANNI HEMP CO IN WALKERS POINT. >> IT’S NOT ABOUT THE KIND OF KITCHY STONER PRODUCTS ITS GONNA BE MORE FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS. >> HEMP AND MARIJUANA COME FROM THE CANNABIS PLANT. BUT WITH LESS THAN POINT THREE% -- .3% THC HEMP DOESN’T GET YOU HIGH. >> IT’S LIKE TWO GLASSES OF WINE WITHOUT THE INEBRIATION. >> THEY CARRY PROTEIN POWDER, BATH BOMBS. AND OILS. >> THREE REASONS WHY SOMEONE WALKED TO THE DOOR IS BECAUSE OF ANXIETY, CAN’T SLEEP, OR PAIN MANAGEMENT. COLIN PLANT SAYS WISCONSIN >>COLIN PLANT SAYS WISCONSIN LEGALIZES MARIJUANA HE’D SELL IT HERE, UNTIL THEN. >> IF SOMEONE’S LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON A DRUG TEST, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THEIR SECTION. >> SO THIS COULD POP UP POSITIVE ON A DRUG TEST? >> ABSOLUTELY. ANY CANNABIS PRODUCT KIND OF RUNS THE RISK. >> WISCONSIN FARMERS ARE NOW LEGALLY GROWING HEMP. HIS MOST POPULAR SELLING PRODUCT SO FAR? HEMP FLOWER. >> WE STARTED BAGGING THIS STUFF UP AND POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND IN NO TIME PEOPLE WERE AT OUR DOOR BUYING THIS STUFF FOR THEIR AILMENTS. THESE BUDS CAN BE GROUND UP AND INGESTED ANY WAY YOU WANT. SMOKE THEM, YOU CAN VAPE THEM, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THESE PENS. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS HEALTHY? >> I DON’T THINK IT IS UNHEALTHY. I MEAN, I DO HAVE TO HAVE IT. >> TO HAVE ANY MEDICAL CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE USING HEMP? >> SHE IS CAUTIOUS BUT OPTIMISTIC. >> I DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS. THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE FAIRLY MILD. SOME SEDATION, MAYBE SOME DIARRHEA. >> ARE THERE ENOUGH STUDIES ON IT’S REALLY NO? >> THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. USERS SWEAR BY IT. >> IT CALMS ME DOWN. >> MAKES ME FOCUS MORE MAKES ME RELAXED. >> BUYER BEWARE WHEN IT COMES TO HEMP AND CBD. THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT EVALUATED ALL THE PRODUCTS STORES ARE SELLING. I’M ADRIENNE PEDERSEN WISN 12 NEWS. PATRICK: YOU HEARD THE DOCTOR ADRIENNE TALKED TO SAY THERE’S STILL NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC. HER IDEAL STUDY FOR HEMP AND CBD WOULD BE TO TEST THEM ON HUM

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