Company advertising and selling bubblegum-flavoured cannabis vape products in Australia under investigation

Under Australian law, medicinal cannabis products must be prescribed by a medical practitioner. Importing products containing cannabidiol, one of the chemicals found in the cannabis plant, requires permission from the Office of Drug Control (ODC), and can only happen under the TGA Special Access Scheme by an authorised prescriber, or for clinical trials. Domestic supply of CBD requires a licence and permit from the ODC and can only be legally supplied for medicinal purposes.

The website was selling the flavoured 900mg CBD vapes for $159, with free shipping to Australia.

A spokesperson for TikTok said the Temple CBD ads were delivered to accounts of users who were over 25.

The Ethically Enhanced website is registered to a Canadian address, but its products ship to Australia only. The Facebook page for the company states its headquarters are in Byron Bay, New South Wales.

The website also boasts that with every sale, a portion of the profit is donated to Mind Medicine Australia, a charity lobbying for changes to regulations around the use of psychedelics in treating mental health conditions.

Temple CBD did not respond to requests for comment about the TGA investigation.