RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Changes around the way North Carolina regulates cannabis and cannabis products could be on the way.

On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein announced a new council of lawmakers, doctors, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors tasked with ensuring the safety of those products and making sure kids don't have access to them. While recreational marijuana is not legal in North Carolina, many products containing THC and THC derivatives are available at gas stations and vape shops.

"This stuff is not safe. There's a lot of THC and unknown ingredients in it, and it's a danger to our public," said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone, one of the people tapped for the Governor's council.

For Stone, the decision to join the group was an easy one.

"Obviously, when the Governor calls y

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