{"id":8825,"date":"2019-08-22T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3610679"},"modified":"2019-08-22T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T12:23:26","slug":"a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lakewood company is aiming to bring CBD vending machines to health-craze masses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/08\/22\/lakewood-cbd-vending-machines\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-marijuana+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Marijuana%29&amp;utm_content=Google+UK#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"3610679\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3611236\" class=\"wp-caption alignright size-article_inline_half\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses.jpg\" alt=\"An Infinite CBD's vending machines. The ...\" width=\"3456\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses.jpg 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CBD-vending-machine.jpg?fit=310%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 310w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CBD-vending-machine.jpg?fit=460%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 460w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Infinite CBD\u2019s vending machine is pictured in this handout photo. The only machine available to consumers as of Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 is in Fargo, N.D., but company officials say they expect a handful to be dispatched around the Denver area in the near future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the idea behind vending machines is to make soda and candy bars as accessible as possible, the latest effort from Lakewood-based <a href=\"https:\/\/infinitecbd.com\/\">Infinite CBD<\/a> should come as no surprise to people who have been watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/11\/10\/colorado-cannabis-infused-beverage\/\">CBD craze explode over the past two years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, a vending machine where a credit or debit card goes in and CBD products come out.<\/p>\n<p>The company earlier this summer sent its first fully stocked vending machine to a liquor store in Fargo, N.D., CEO and co-founder John Ramsay said. Even the machine\u2019s placement, in typically conservative North Dakota, is a testament to how far hemp-derived CBD has come in the last few years. It\u2019s gone from taboo to being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Hemp-Oil-CBD-9781388905194\/156392327\">sold by Walmart<\/a>, the nation\u2019s biggest retailer.<\/p>\n<p>The response to the machine, carrying capsules, tinctures and other items from Infinite\u2019s line of health and wellness products made with the ubiquitous cannabis-derived compound, has been solid so far, according to the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt did $1,000 in sales in the first three weeks without any marketing,\u201d said Ramsay.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3611243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-1.jpg\" width=\"5332\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-1.jpg 620w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC9856x.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC9856x.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC9856x.jpg?fit=910%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 910w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Andy Cross, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Infinite CBD retail shipping specialist Zack Haefling examines orders ready to be shipped at Infinite CBD on Aug. 21, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>CBD, or cannabidiol, is one of the active ingredients found in the cannabis plant. Not to be confused with its high-inducing cousin THC, proponents laud CBD for its relaxing and anti-inflammatory effects that come without the intoxication. With state and federal regulations loosening around hemp \u2014 a bill passed during Colorado\u2019s 2018 legislative session dictated that hemp and hemp extracts like CBD should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/05\/31\/hemp-products-now-regulated-like-food-ingredients-in-colorado\/\">regulated as food ingredients<\/a> \u2014 infused products have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/05\/28\/cbd-food-drinks-denver-restaurants-bars\/\">popping up everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the one place \u2014 for now anyway \u2014 that CBD products can\u2019t be sold that spurred Ramsay to explore the vending machine idea: Inside recreational pot shops.<\/p>\n<p>Because of a likely-to-change rule that mandates all consumable products in adult-use marijuana stores must contain marijuana, Ramsay was barred from selling his goods, made with a 99 percent CBD isolate, to dispensaries to stock on their shelves. The workaround he arrived at was vending machines with their own point-of-sale systems, even though he has yet to place a machine in a Colorado dispensary so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of having to wait for somebody or anything like that, you could just walk right in purchase whatever you wanted with your card and walk right out,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re just making sure that people have safe access to affordable, clean cannabidiol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no age limit imposed by the state on who can buy and consume CBD, according to Samantha Walsh, a board member with the Colorado Hemp Industries Association. The state health department regulates it like it does sugar, caffeine or any other food additive. Walsh is fully on board with the idea of vending machines that make CBD products easier to access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love it,\u201d she said. \u201cRight now, CBD is like antioxidants used to be. It happens to be the new craze in wellness.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3611255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter size-article_inline\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-2.jpg\" alt=\"Infinite CBD's sour dusted Asteroids CBD ...\" width=\"5436\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-lakewood-company-is-aiming-to-bring-cbd-vending-machines-to-health-craze-masses-2.jpg 620w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC2661x.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC2661x.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TDP-L-INFINITE-CBD_JAC2661x.jpg?fit=910%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 910w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Andy Cross, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Infinite CBD\u2019s sour dusted Asteroids CBD isolate gummies ready for packaging at Infinite CBD on Aug. 21, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Infinite tested a vending machine in its combination office\/lab\/warehouse\/manufacturing facility in western Lakewood for six months before shipping its first model to Fargo. Features include a refrigerated bottom compartment for drinks and other products that need to be kept cold and an on-board monitoring system that keeps track of inventory and sales data. Ramsay said work is already underway on a next-generation \u201csmart\u201d vending machine that would help the company track even more data on consumer behavior and preferences around CBD.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>The company is in talks to bring its machines to consumers a lot closer to home. Jimmy Schneider, part of the company\u2019s marketing department, said he expects to close a deal in the near future that will see the black, CBD-dispensing boxes rolled out in a handful of shopping centers around metro Denver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey really hit a lot faster and harder than we anticipated,\u201d Ramsay said. \u201cWe\u2019ve really just been amazed by the response.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Lakewood-based Infinite CBD selling a vending machine where a credit or debit card goes in and CBD products come out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5062,531,52,330,376,55,7618,6813,7069,77,9,5019,6845,7447,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[5063,3105,2632,2908,2954,2635,7619,6818,7071,2655,5022,6846,7452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}