Texas Tribune Features RESTART CBD

CBD products are everywhere in Texas since the state legalized hemp. Experts warn: buyer beware.

BY NAOMI ANDU JAN. 23, 2020

Much of the sudden spike in popularity is thanks to a Texas law last year that legalized hemp, the plant from which CBD is derived.

Sisters Shayda and Sydney Torabi founded RESTART CBD in September 2018, just before the Farm Bill passed. Sydney Torabi said the changes in the law have made business run more smoothly.

The two originally intended to operate the business exclusively online but decided to open a brick-and-mortar location in Austin after having difficulty with several online payment companies, from mom-and-pop merchants to giants like PayPal, that didn’t want anything to do with cannabis.

“We were a business, but it wasn’t as functional as it could’ve been until the [Texas] law passed,” Sydney Torabi said.  CONTINUE READING