CBD oil and Amazon: The reality
Despite the sale of CBD oil being prohibited, a quick search for CBD oil on Amazon today returns 889 results. These results are primarily oils, sleep gummies, and CBD pain creams containing “hemp oil”, and although many of the products don’t mention the term CBD specifically, it’s clear, at least in this author’s opinion, that the shopper is to assume that they do.
The products available, following this “CBD oil” search on Amazon, even include featured listings from “our brands” and sponsored listings, many of which ship directly from Amazon’s own warehouses.
One product apparently contains 28,000mg (!) of hemp extract, although what that 28,000mg is made up of is not made clear…
Another product contains 3000mg hemp oil extract that can be taken for anxiety relief, pain, or better sleep, in fact all of the same symptom relief that is usually associated with CBD, so in this case it’s clear that the seller, HMone, is deliberately intending for the buyer to assume some concentration of CBD in this hemp oil.
So, do any of these products actually contain CBD..?
In December 2019, the Washington Post was interested in finding out whether you could buy CBD on Amazon. It conducted an investigation by buying 13 different hemp oil products that suggested they contained CBD in some way, whether it be through the product listing or in customer reviews. Eleven of these products did contain CBD and one of them even had a small amount of THC in it, the cannabis compound that gets you high.
The brands were all contacted for a statement and it appears that while some are content to break the rules on purpose (and have even designed new packaging to be more discreet about it), others were unaware of their products being sold on the platform, as they were being sold through third-party retailers.
Angelo Lombardi, the president of one such brand, Sentia Wellness, said “The statement is they don’t sell CBD. The reality is that they sell CBD [and by following the rules] we’re missing a chance to get our brand out there.”
Other “explanations” included that the wrong product was shipped accidentally, as well as ignorance of the rule’s existence.
🔔 This is all true for both human and pet CBD products
Source: https://cannaversesolutions.com/blog/buy-cbd-oil-on-amazon/
