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A Correction to Something We Have Written Before
Across several CBD reviews on this site we have written that one brand stood alone for having published, independently verified potency results, and used that as the bar others failed to clear.
That is no longer accurate, and Lazarus Naturals is the reason. We found independent assay results for its flagship tincture, and they are excellent — so the comparison we have drawn in earlier reviews now has two brands in it, not one.
We would rather say that plainly than quietly stop using the line. Here are the numbers.
The Independent Test Results
Leafreport buys products off the shelf and pays for independent assays. On the Classic High Potency 6000mg tincture:
| Test | Result |
|---|---|
| CBD claimed | 6000mg |
| CBD measured | 6141.6mg |
| Potency variance | +2.36% — passed (limit 10%) |
| Heavy metals | Passed |
| Microbial | Passed |
| Pesticides | Passed |
| THC | 0.02% — passed |
| Leafreport brand score | 4.6 / 5 |
Slightly over label rather than under is the right direction to miss in, and 2.36% is very close. For context on what that number means in this category: we have found a flagship tincture 12% out, a relief cream 16.68% out, and the same rub tested under 1% in one scent and 40% out in another. Consistency at this level is not the norm.
All four contaminant categories passing matters as much as the potency figure, and the pesticide result connects directly to how the company is built — see below.
The Cheapest CBD We Have Costed
Now put the accuracy next to the price, because the combination is the finding.
| Brand | Best cost per mg found |
|---|---|
| Lazarus Naturals 6000mg | 2.0 cents |
| R&R | 2.1 cents |
| cbdMD, subscribed | ~2.8 cents |
| Extract Labs 3000mg | ~3.2 cents |
| CBDistillery 5000mg | ~5 cents |
| FOCL | ~8 cents |
$120 for 6000mg is 2 cents per milligram — the lowest figure in this entire series.
And this is the point. The instinctive assumption about cheap CBD is that it is cheap because there is less in it. Here the cheapest product in the series is also one of the most accurately dosed products in the series. The assumption is simply wrong, at least for this brand.
A Lifetime 60% Discount, With Real Eligibility Rules
We have seen many token military discounts. This is not one.
Up to 60% off, for life, for veterans, people on long-term disability, and low-income households.
It was raised from 40% to 60% — a direction of travel almost unheard of in consumer goods.
The eligibility rules are documented and specific, which is itself a sign of a real programme:
| Who | Evidence required |
|---|---|
| Veterans | DD-214, a state ID with VA endorsement, or a VA card |
| Long-term disability | Physician certification or a disability acceptance letter |
| Low income | Most recent tax return showing income below the federal poverty level |
The limit, stated fairly: the discount applies to the first $400 spent each month, with the cap measured on sales after the discount is applied, resetting on the 1st.
That is a real cap and we are not going to pretend otherwise — but $400 of post-discount spending at 0.8 cents per milligram is an extraordinary quantity of CBD, far beyond any plausible personal use. For an individual buyer the cap is not a practical constraint.
What That Actually Means Per Milligram
Combine the two findings and the result is worth stating explicitly, because it reframes the entire category.
Base price: 2 cents per milligram.
With the assistance discount: roughly 0.8 cents per milligram.
The most expensive CBD we have costed in this series reached 21 cents per milligram. Against 0.8 cents, that is a difference of more than twenty-five times for the same compound.
A disabled veteran buying here pays under a twenty-fifth of what someone buying the premium end of this category pays per milligram, from a product that tested at +2.36% variance with every contaminant screen clean. There is no version of that comparison in which the expensive product is justified by quality.
Why the Company Can Afford to Do This
A 60% lifetime discount is the sort of thing that gets killed in a budget meeting. So it is worth asking why this one survives, and the answer appears to be structural.
Lazarus Naturals is employee-owned, founded in 2014 and based in Portland, Oregon. And the legal entity behind the brand — visible in court filings — is registered as an S.P.C., denoting a social purpose corporation: a form of incorporation that permits directors to weigh social benefit alongside shareholder return rather than treating profit maximisation as the sole duty.
That is a meaningfully different answer to “why are you doing this?” than a marketing department’s. There are no outside shareholders whose returns the assistance programme reduces, and the corporate form contemplates exactly this kind of trade-off. It is the most plausible explanation for why the discount went up rather than quietly away.
We should flag this as our reading of a corporate designation rather than a statement from the company about its governance. But it fits the observed behaviour better than any commercial explanation does.
Farm to Bottle, Not Marketing to Bottle
Lazarus grows its own certified-organic, pesticide-free hemp in Central Oregon along the 45th parallel, then handles extraction, formulation, manufacturing and fulfilment in-house.
That is the most complete vertical integration we have found in this category. Reviewing this series, the standard structure is a brand name over a contract manufacturer — which is why so many companies cannot answer a question about where a crop was grown or why a batch differs from the last one.
It also explains two of the findings above. The clean pesticide screen follows from controlling the field rather than trusting a supplier’s paperwork. And the 2 cents per milligram follows from taking no intermediary’s margin between the plant and the bottle. The price is not a promotion — it is what the structure produces.
Ninety Days, Return Shipping Covered
A 90-day money-back guarantee on anything bought directly through the website, for any reason, with return shipping covered on qualifying returns.
Ninety days is the longest window we have found in this category, and covering postage removes the friction that makes most guarantees theoretical rather than usable. It sits alongside the two brands offering 60 days with nothing to send back at all — different structures, both at the top of the field.
The contrast with the bottom is stark. We reviewed a marketplace this week requiring consumables be returned unopened within 15 days with postage on the customer — a policy that cannot cover “I tried it and it did not suit me” at all. Note the direct-purchase condition here: the guarantee applies to the company’s own website, which is a reason to buy there rather than through a reseller.
The Data Breach
This review has been positive throughout, so this section matters. There is a genuine mark against the company and it is not small.
A 2023 data breach exposed the personal information of approximately 42,000 individuals, and the company agreed a $300,000 class action settlement.
Weigh this properly. Buying CBD means handing over payment details and a purchase history that is health-adjacent — some people would strongly prefer their CBD consumption not become public, and the assistance programme means the company also holds tax returns, disability certifications and military discharge papers.
That is the part that gives us most pause. The programme we have just praised requires customers to submit exactly the documents that would be most damaging to lose, from people who are, by the programme’s own definition, in vulnerable circumstances. We have no evidence those documents were involved in the 2023 breach — but the sensitivity of what this company holds is higher than for a typical retailer, and its demonstrated security record is not spotless.
A settlement is not an admission of liability, and a company that has been breached and remediated is not necessarily worse than one that has not yet been breached. But it is a fact you should have before you upload a DD-214.
The Proposition 65 Settlement
A second, smaller regulatory matter, and one worth explaining accurately rather than alarmingly.
On 2 June 2025 a Proposition 65 matter settled for $20,000 in total payments including civil penalty and attorney fees, concerning a failure to sufficiently warn California consumers of health hazards associated with THC exposure in its products.
What this is: a labelling and warning failure under a California disclosure statute. What it is not: a finding of contamination, a finding that the products were unsafe, or a potency failure. The THC that triggers it is inherent to a full spectrum product, and this product measured 0.02% THC in independent testing.
Proposition 65 actions are frequently brought by private enforcers and are common across the supplement industry, and $20,000 is a small settlement. We report it for completeness rather than as a serious mark — but it is a documented failure to warn, and this site’s general position is that disclosure failures matter even when the underlying product is fine.
Side Effects and Who Should Not Use It
Speak to a clinician first if you are:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Taking prescription medication. CBD interacts with drugs metabolised via liver cytochrome P450 enzymes, including some blood thinners and anti-epileptics. This matters especially here — a 6000mg bottle at 2 cents per milligram makes large doses affordable in a way most brands do not, and affordability is not a safety signal.
- Living with liver disease or raised liver enzymes.
- Subject to drug testing — the tested product measured 0.02% THC, which is trace but not zero, and no seller can guarantee a test result.
Commonly reported CBD side effects include drowsiness, diarrhoea, dry mouth, reduced appetite and changes in liver enzymes. None of these products is FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and there is no good evidence CBD produces weight loss — cannabinoids are more often associated with increased appetite, and none of this has been studied alongside GLP-1 medications.
How It Compares
| Lazarus Naturals | Extract Labs | CBDistillery | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified potency | +2.36%, all contaminants passed | Not read by us | Grades only |
| Cost per mg | 2.0 cents | ~3.2 cents | ~5 cents |
| Guarantee | 90 days, postage covered | 60 days, no return needed | 60 days, no return needed |
| Assistance programme | Up to 60%, for life | None found | None found |
| Grows its own hemp | Yes, certified organic | USDA Organic range | Not established |
| Notable against | 2023 breach, 42,000 people | Site inaccessible to us | Mid-field pricing |
Lazarus leads on price, on verified accuracy, on guarantee length and on accessibility. The data breach is the one column where it is clearly behind.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Independently assayed at +2.36% potency variance — passed
- Heavy metals, microbials and pesticides all passed
- Leafreport scored the brand 4.6/5
- 2 cents per mg — the cheapest we have costed anywhere in this series
- Cheapest and among the most accurate, which is not the usual pairing
- Lifetime assistance discount up to 60%, raised from 40%
- Documented eligibility for veterans, disability and low income
- Effective cost around 0.8 cents per mg with that discount
- 90-day guarantee with return shipping covered — longest window found
- Grows its own certified-organic hemp; extraction and manufacturing in-house
- Employee-owned, and incorporated as a social purpose corporation
- No FDA warning letter located
Cons
- 2023 data breach exposed ~42,000 people; $300,000 class action settlement
- The assistance programme requires tax returns, disability letters and DD-214s
- Proposition 65 settlement, 2 June 2025, $20,000, over THC warning failure
- Assistance discount capped at the first $400 of monthly spend
- We could not access the company’s own test-results database — it returned 403
- Independent assay covers one product, not the range
- The guarantee applies to direct purchases, not resellers
- Cheap high-strength bottles make large doses easy — affordability is not safety
- 0.02% THC is trace but not zero for drug testing purposes
Who Should Buy, and Which Bottle
If you qualify for the assistance programme, buy here and it is not a close call. Veterans, people on long-term disability and low-income households are being offered a tested, accurately-dosed product at roughly 0.8 cents per milligram — a fraction of anything else in this category. Nothing else we have reviewed competes on that basis. Apply before ordering, since the discount is for life.
If you do not qualify, it is still the cheapest we have costed, on a product with published independent potency and contaminant results and a 90-day guarantee covering postage. Buy the 6000mg — it is the size the tested figures apply to and the best value per milligram.
Buy directly from the company’s own site, not a marketplace. The 90-day guarantee is a direct-purchase term, and we have documented what happens to your protection when a reseller’s policy replaces a maker’s.
Think carefully before uploading documents if data exposure is a serious concern for you — the discount is excellent and the company has been breached before. That is a personal risk judgement and we would not make it for you.
And not for weight loss. There is no good evidence CBD produces it, and none of it has been studied alongside GLP-1 medications.
Limitations of This Review
We have not bought, used or independently tested any Lazarus Naturals product.
The company’s own test-results database returned 403 to us, which is a real gap given how central testing is to this review. A dedicated test-results subdomain is itself a good sign — most brands in this category do not have one — but we are crediting its existence rather than its contents, and we cannot tell you whether results are searchable by batch, which laboratory produced them, or whether every product line is covered.
The independent assay covers one product. An excellent result on the 6000mg tincture does not establish that the gummies, topicals or CBN products are equally accurate — and across this series we have specifically found brands whose tincture passed while a topical failed badly. Do not read +2.36% as a brand-wide figure.
Pricing, guarantee and assistance terms are as reported rather than read from the company’s pages, which were not accessible to us — verify before ordering, particularly the $400 monthly cap and the direct-purchase condition. Our reading of the S.P.C. designation is an inference from a corporate registration, not a statement from the company. We did not read a Trustpilot or BBB record and publish no customer satisfaction score. The breach and Proposition 65 matters are as reported in settlement documentation; a settlement is not an admission of liability. None of this is medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did it pass independent testing?
Yes, and well. Leafreport bought the Classic High Potency 6000mg tincture and had it assayed: against a claimed 6000mg it measured 6141.6mg, a variance of +2.36%, comfortably inside the 10% limit. Heavy metals, microbials and pesticides all passed, and THC measured 0.02%. Leafreport scored the brand 4.6 out of 5.
What does it cost?
The 6000mg tincture is reported at $120, which is 2 cents per milligram — the cheapest we have costed in this series, cheaper than every other CBD brand we have priced. With the assistance programme applied it falls to roughly 0.8 cents per milligram.
Who qualifies for the assistance programme?
Veterans, people on long-term disability, and low-income households. Veterans provide a DD-214, a state-issued ID with a VA endorsement, or a VA card. Disability applicants provide certification from a physician or a disability acceptance letter. Low-income applicants provide their most recent tax return showing income below the federal poverty level.
How much is the assistance discount?
Up to 60%, applied for life once approved — raised from a previous 40%. It covers the first $400 spent each month, with the cap measured on sales after the discount is applied, resetting on the 1st. The cap is a real limit, but $400 of post-discount spending at these prices is a very large quantity of CBD.
Is the company independent?
It is employee-owned, founded in 2014 and based in Portland, Oregon, and the legal entity behind it is registered as an S.P.C. — a social purpose corporation, a form that allows directors to weigh social benefit alongside shareholder return. That structure is the most plausible explanation for how a 60% lifetime discount programme survives contact with a finance department.
What is the return policy?
A 90-day money-back guarantee on products bought directly from its website, for any reason, with return shipping covered on qualifying returns. Ninety days is the longest window we have found in this category, and covering postage removes the friction that makes most guarantees theoretical.
Have there been any problems?
Two worth knowing. A 2023 data breach exposed the personal information of roughly 42,000 individuals and was settled as a class action for $300,000. And a Proposition 65 matter settled on 2 June 2025 for $20,000 total, concerning insufficient warning to California consumers about THC exposure — a labelling failure rather than a contamination finding. We found no FDA warning letter.
Does it grow its own hemp?
Yes. It grows certified-organic, pesticide-free hemp in Central Oregon along the 45th parallel, and handles extraction, formulation, manufacturing and fulfilment in-house. That is farm-to-bottle control, which is rare — most brands in this category are a marketing layer over a contract manufacturer, and it is the most likely reason the pesticide screen came back clean.
Verdict
4.7 / 5
The cheapest CBD in this series, independently verified as one of the most accurate, from an employee-owned company that grows its own crop and gives 60% off for life to people who need it. Held back by a data breach that matters more here than most.
This is the highest we have rated a CBD brand, and the reasoning is arithmetic rather than enthusiasm.
The flagship tincture was independently assayed at 6141.6mg against a claimed 6000mg — a variance of +2.36%, with heavy metals, microbials and pesticides all passing. In a category where we have found a flagship 12% out and the same rub 40% out in one scent and under 1% in another, that is a very good result. It also corrects a line we have used in earlier reviews, that one brand alone had published verified potency. Two do.
And it costs 2 cents per milligram — the lowest figure anywhere in this series. The cheapest product we have found is simultaneously among the most accurately dosed, which inverts the assumption most buyers reasonably start from. The structure explains it: the company grows its own certified-organic hemp in Central Oregon and does extraction, formulation, manufacturing and fulfilment in-house, so there is no intermediary margin between the plant and the bottle, and the clean pesticide screen follows from owning the field rather than trusting a supplier’s paperwork.
Then the assistance programme, which is the most substantial thing we have found any company on this site doing. Up to 60% off for life — raised from 40%, a direction almost nothing moves in — for veterans, people on long-term disability, and households below the federal poverty line, with documented evidence requirements rather than a checkbox. That takes the effective price to about 0.8 cents per milligram, against 21 cents at the expensive end of this category: more than a twenty-five-fold difference for the same compound. Employee ownership and incorporation as a social purpose corporation are the most plausible reasons a programme like that survives.
The 90-day guarantee with return shipping covered is the longest window we have found, and the contrast with the 15-day unopened-only policy we reviewed this week is the whole spectrum of this industry in two sentences.
What keeps it off five is the 2023 data breach, which exposed roughly 42,000 people and settled for $300,000. That would matter anywhere. It matters more here, because the assistance programme we have just praised asks people to upload tax returns, disability certifications and military discharge papers — the most sensitive documents in this review, from the people least able to absorb the consequences of losing them. We have no evidence those documents were involved. You should still know before you upload one. The $20,000 Proposition 65 settlement over THC warning language is a genuine disclosure failure but a minor one.
If you qualify for assistance, buy here. If you do not, it is still the best value in the category with real numbers behind it. Buy the 6000mg, buy it direct, and treat the 90 days as the safety net it is.
Apply for Assistance Before You Order
If you are a veteran, on long-term disability, or below the federal poverty line, apply first — the discount is up to 60% and lasts for life, taking the effective price to roughly 0.8 cents per milligram. Buy the 6000mg tincture, which is the size the independent +2.36% variance result applies to, and buy direct from the company’s own site because the 90-day guarantee is a direct-purchase term. Be aware the company suffered a 2023 data breach affecting around 42,000 people before uploading identity documents. This page is informational only and is not medical advice.