Intoxicating hemp-derived products now available for delivery via DoorDash in Ohio
A Montgomery-based business owner hopes the popular delivery service offers his items for sale.
If Jason Friedman has his way, the products he sells at the Ohio CBD Guy shop in Montgomery will soon be available on the popular delivery service DoorDash.”I said, ‘Hey, how can we be a part of this as soon as possible?'” Friedman said.Last week, DoorDash announced it’s offering hemp-derived THC and CBD products for on-demand delivery in certain states, including Ohio.In its release, the company said, “In markets where hemp-derived products are available, customers will see the CBD/THC tab in the DoorDash app.”Popular items include gummies, chocolates and drinks, like hemp-infused seltzers. Each can generate pretty intense highs, even though they’re not technically marijuana.”While hemp and marijuana are both considered cannabis from the cannabis sativa plants, everything at Ohio CBD is derived from hemp,” Friedman said. “You can still get THC products from hemp as long as you can prove that they were derived from hemp, not marijuana.”Intoxicating hemp products have grown in popularity even though they are not regulated like recreational weed, which dispensaries throughout Ohio started selling last year.Friedman said the products he offers are tested by an external lab, making them a good fit for what DoorDash is now selling.”We are in the process now of attempting to sign up with DoorDash,” he said. “Whether it be the edibles, whether it be the drinks, whether it be the vapable products, smokeable products, whatever it is that the consumers are looking for, we want to make it as easy as possible for them.”DoorDash officials said as is the case with alcohol sales, multiple safeguards are in place to make sure customers are of legal age, including electronic ID verification.WLWT investigator Todd Dykes looked at several hemp-derived CBD and THC items for sale on the app, and the first line for each said customers “must be at least 21 years-old to purchase this product.”
If Jason Friedman has his way, the products he sells at the Ohio CBD Guy shop in Montgomery will soon be available on the popular delivery service DoorDash.
“I said, ‘Hey, how can we be a part of this as soon as possible?'” Friedman said.
Last week, DoorDash announced it’s offering hemp-derived THC and CBD products for on-demand delivery in certain states, including Ohio.
In its release, the company said, “In markets where hemp-derived products are available, customers will see the CBD/THC tab in the DoorDash app.”
Popular items include gummies, chocolates and drinks, like hemp-infused seltzers. Each can generate pretty intense highs, even though they’re not technically marijuana.
“While hemp and marijuana are both considered cannabis from the cannabis sativa plants, everything at Ohio CBD is derived from hemp,” Friedman said. “You can still get THC products from hemp as long as you can prove that they were derived from hemp, not marijuana.”
Intoxicating hemp products have grown in popularity even though they are not regulated like recreational weed, which dispensaries throughout Ohio started selling last year.
Friedman said the products he offers are tested by an external lab, making them a good fit for what DoorDash is now selling.
“We are in the process now of attempting to sign up with DoorDash,” he said. “Whether it be the edibles, whether it be the drinks, whether it be the vapable products, smokeable products, whatever it is that the consumers are looking for, we want to make it as easy as possible for them.”
DoorDash officials said as is the case with alcohol sales, multiple safeguards are in place to make sure customers are of legal age, including electronic ID verification.
WLWT investigator Todd Dykes looked at several hemp-derived CBD and THC items for sale on the app, and the first line for each said customers “must be at least 21 years-old to purchase this product.”
