The hemp products already are available in some health stores, gas stations, pharmacies and new business ventures like Kultivate Wellness, which offers CBD-infused tinctures, tea, coffee, honey, shampoo, body wash, creams, crumbles, pet treats and bath bombs. Another hemp wellness shop, Your CBD Store, a franchise of a national chain, recently opened at Regency mall in Henrico County.

CBD, or cannabidiol, is a compound found in both marijuana and hemp plants. Though it is mostly unvetted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, proponents say it can help relieve pain, anxiety, nausea, seizures and other ailments, but without the marijuana high.

THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana plants. Hemp CBD products contain only minimal amounts of THC. Marijuana-derived CBD products can be offered in a variety of THC levels, ranging from mild to potent depending on a user’s medicinal needs and tolerance.

Graham Redfern, a farmer based in Ruther Glen who has grown hemp for research purposes, said the hemp-based CBD products with commercial potential for people like him should be treated like any other dietary supplement.

“Under the industrial hemp side of things, this is going to be a nutraceutical, wellness product,” Redfern said. “Not medicine.”