You can buy CBD on Amazon. You just can’t sell CBD on Amazon. When you search for CBD on Amazon you get results. None of the results list CBD in their ingredients. You will usually see “hemp extract” or “full spectrum hemp extract.” Sometimes you see “hemp oil.” Stay far away from “hemp seed oil.” Hemp seeds contain almost no cannabinoids. (The exception is that hemp seed oil is sometimes used as a carrier oil, possibly along with the more common MCT oil).

I know of a few legitimate brands selling CBD-rich full spectrum hemp oil on Amazon. I will not reveal the names because I don’t want to contribute in any small way to their getting banned. There are also other brands that have been tested by a third-party and found to contain no CBD. What’s a buyer to do?

Amazon’s seller policy states:

Drug listings must not be for controlled substances or products containing controlled substances, such as: Products containing cannabidiol (CBD), a Schedule I Controlled Substance, including but not limited to: Rich Hemp Oil containing cannabidiol (CBD)

Products that have been identified as containing CBD by LegitScript

Hemp products containing Resin or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Hemp (or any cannabis Sativa spp. strain) seeds capable of germination

Anything listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Controlled Substances Act

As CBD moves off Schedule I it may be accepted by Amazon. For now products containing CBD must be listed as “hemp oil,” which is an accurate description of what is contained in these oils/tinctures.

One company that I have bought from before recently began offering a few of their products on Amazon. In their email announcing this they said:

“they made us retouch the word CBD off and replace with “Hemp Oil”, but you will receive your normal CBD with 300, 900, 1800mg of actual CBD content.”

Does it really contain CBD?

One site claims to have tested some brands from Amazon and found no CBD in 6 out of 7 hemp oil products tested The site CBDlabresult.net appears to show thumbnails of COAs (certificates of analysis) from an independent lab. Unfortunately the COA pictures are heavily cropped. Interestingly, the only other article on their site is a positive review of a CBD oil that you can buy (from them?). I’d trust the site more if it had more content. The domain was registered 12/29/2018 and the post about Amazon CBD testing was dated the following day. They waited a month to write a positive review of the other site that sells CBD.

Since there are lots of places to buy CBD it is probably better to avoid Amazon unless you have other independent details about the brand. If you are not sure contact the company and ask them what is in the product they sell on Amazon. You won’t find COAs on Amazon since they don’t allow CBD to be sold there. Look for vetted sites that include independent certificates of analysis. Look online for sales and coupon codes. When you find a good brand, stick with them.