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Kristen Nichols

Kristen is a Denver-based reporter for Marijuana Business Daily specializing in the hemp and CBD industries. Previously, she worked at the Associated Press for nearly 20 years. She started covering the marijuana legalization movement in 2009 – when medical stores started popping up around Denver – and wrote about the state’s first legal hemp harvest. Kristen also covered agriculture and politics in Maryland and her home state of Georgia.

Washington state bars marijuana processors from converting hemp CBD into delta-9 THC

Published July 23, 2021 | By Bart Schaneman

Washington state marijuana processors can’t convert CBD into delta-9 THC in the legal cannabis market, regulators said Friday in a move likely to be welcomed bv MJ cultivators who feared the practice involving federally legal hemp would undermine their own businesses.

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3 Oregon hemp businesses accused of mistreating seasonal workers

Published July 23, 2021

Three Oregon hemp companies are being sued by more than a dozen seasonal workers who say the hemp companies required them to sleep on dirty floors and use the bathroom outside.

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Wisconsin considers turning hemp oversight to the feds

Published July 22, 2021

Pinched for cash and facing sharp declines in hemp growing and processing, Wisconsin authorities are considering becoming the first state to relinquish hemp oversight to the U.S.Department of Agriculture.

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Oregon sending marijuana inspectors to hemp grows

Published July 21, 2021

Oregon is sending commercial marijuana inspectors (and possibly the National Guard) to hemp fields to look for illicit marijuana.

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Hemp bioplastics startup expanding to former Pennsylvania textile mill

Published July 20, 2021

A Pennsylvania company that makes hemp bioplastics is set to take over a former textile mill thanks in part to some investment from the state.

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Delta-8 THC gray area: Testing labs should lead on safety

Published July 20, 2021 | By Susan Audino

In an effort to boost a CBD-slumped economy, hemp producers are synthesizing delta-8 THC.

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Hemp Industry Daily launches survey on women and minorities in industry

Published July 14, 2021

Hemp Industry Daily has launched a survey to assess the state of women and minority leadership in cannabis.

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Hard Rock Cafe, Cointreau liquor latest to allege hemp trademark infringement

Published July 13, 2021

Restaurant chain Hard Rock Cafe and spirits maker Cointreau Corp. are the latest bringing trademark complaints against CBD manufacturers.

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hemp heat wave

Sizzling heat prompts new requirements for hemp growers in Oregon, Washington

Published July 13, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Hemp and marijuana cultivators in the Pacific Northwest are adopting new work restrictions to protect employees during this summer’s record-breaking heat.

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Opinion: Hemp industry must emulate mature markets

Published July 12, 2021 | By Julie Lerner

I founded PanXchange, a pricing and trading platform, several years ago to bring efficiency, transparency and increased profitability to various commodity markets.

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Prominent hemp litigator Hoban Law Group merges with national firm

Published July 9, 2021

Hoban Law Group, a prominent hemp and marijuana law practice based in Denver, has been acquired by Clark Hill, a Michigan-based firm with more than 650 lawyers spanning the United States, Ireland and Mexico.

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Mexico marijuana decision could prompt hemp changes

Published July 6, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Mexico’s watershed court decision to authorize adult-use marijuana could have outsize impacts on low-THC hemp, too.

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