MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
CBD Company Birthed Out of Necessity By Abby Meaux Conques
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es for them,” Carter said. “Everything involved and organically grew from there.”
The CBD business is a result of Carter‘s seeking out natural and holistic medicines after getting sober from an opioid addiction eight years ago.
Carter claims that her husband, Chad, has always been a visionary of the business. Carter mentions Chad Carter is the one that pushes the envelope and suggests the implementation of new and effective types of products.
eather Comeaux Carter & company’s CBD business, Mountain Pure CBD, out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is one of those business stories that grew out of necessity.
“The only natural plant medicine I could find that actually worked for me was CBD,” Carter said. Carter used CBD when she needed something safe and effective for aches and pains, anxiousness and sleeplessness. It wasn’t until she needed to find something to help her child in 2015 with his own struggles. At the time he was a tender six-year-old, and she had the drive to find something to help him that wasn’t a harmful medication. “My husband went to Colorado and actually found a CBD meant specifically for children.” His trip planted the seed for the future business that the Carters and company would eventually start. “There wasn’t anything comparable with lab tests around here, so my only choice was to make my own for my son,” Carter explained. “I was very meticulous in the making of our oil and before long I had inquiries from friends and family to make batch10
Carter explained that they got into this business during the years when people were extremely skeptical of CBD and its benefits. Chad and Heather, along with another business partner, Natalie, worked on every aspect of the business as much as they all could between other jobs to fill in the gaps and pay their bills. “From the beginning, we branded ourselves as a therapeutic company. After the business began to grow organically, we realized that we really wanted to be there for the people who are over the age of 40 with many chronic needs,” Carter explained. The company felt like the best way to go product-wise in the beginning was to offer a broad spectrum oil. “We felt like it would be useful for so many ailments; it was the way to go in our opinion.“ Even though it’s the most expensive way to manufacture CBD, it was important to Carter to offer the most beneficial way to combine multiple elements without having any THC content. L OU ISIA N A H EM P M A GA ZIN E
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