Retail cannabidiol shop opened last month in Paseo Arts District

A retail cannabidiol (CBD) shop opened last month in the Paseo Arts District.

From 600 square feet of leased space at 607 NW 28, owner-operators Hector and Mary Najar are selling pharmaceutical grade hemp oil products ranging from health supplements and pet formulas to skin and beauty aids. The products are being used to treat a variety of conditions, including pain, inflammation, anxiety and seizures in humans, and hip dysplasia and more in dogs.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin earlier this year signed House Bill 1559 clarifying federally approved cannabidiol drugs or substances as legal by excluding them from the definition of marijuana. In recent years, Oklahoma has embraced CBD by making it legal for researchers to use in clinical trials.

Herban Mother’s products are 100 percent organic and 100 percent free of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical compound that gives marijuana its psychoactive effects, Hector Najar said.

“No one is going to test positive for marijuana after taking them,” he said. “They’re nonnarcotic, and detectable traces of THC have been removed,” he said.

The Najars are partners with Ryan Early of Can-Tek Labs LLC, which combines organic hemp with a proprietary blend of CBD-engaging oils to manufacture tinctures (liquid extracts placed under the tongue), vapors, creams, gummies, capsules, CBDinfused water bottles, dog biscuits and other products. Costs range from $4.99 for 16.9 fluid ounces of water containing 10 milligrams of CBD to $379 for a 25-day supply of tinctures containing 2,500 milligrams of CBD.

“We’re helping people get off opioids,” Mary Najar said.

For her part, Najar said the products helped her “get her life back” after suffering from debilitating diverticulitis. Her husband, who is a veteran, said the tinctures have freed him from migraines and back pain.

The couple established their customer base, starting with organic skin products, over the past two years at the Oklahoma City Farmers Market held downtown on Saturdays. “Our business has grown to where we need a face-to-face presence more than one day a week,” Hector Najar said.