Hundreds of unregulated smoke shops that sell hemp products in the Philadelphia suburbs use fraudulent lab reports that leave their customers "dangerously uninformed" about the potency of the drugs they're taking, according to a Montgomery County grand jury report released Thursday.

The 10-month investigation led by the district attorneys of Montgomery, Bucks and Chester counties examined a patchwork of businesses launched in recent years to take advantage of federal laws that allow hemp products to be sold legally with low levels of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said an "unintended consequence" of the 2018 Farm Bill is that unregulated smoke shops now sell a wide range of products that they claim meet legal standards but a

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