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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.

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.

Colorado hemp testing, label rules may signal changes in other states

Published July 1, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

A slate of new Colorado requirements for hemp products taking effect Thursday could signal a new wave of regulations, as states step in to regulate over-the-counter products still ignored by federal authorities.

States continue weighing options as hemp-derived delta-8 THC disrupts marijuana markets

Published June 30, 2021 | By Laura Drotleff

Sales and demand for runaway market hit delta-8 THC took regulators by surprise over the past year, so state lawmakers are working to create a distinction and rules around cannabis that intoxicates versus cannabis that doesn’t.

Kadenwood completes $30 million cash Series B capital raise

Published June 30, 2021

Kadenwood, a privately held CBD consumer packaged goods company, has completed a $30 million cash Series B capital raise and will use the money to buy advertising and acquire more companies.

Canopy alum Saunders joins Charlotte’s Web board

Published June 29, 2021

Charlotte’s Web Holdings is adding a former chief financial officer from Canopy Growth Corp. to its board of directors.

Editor’s Notebook: Why I changed my mind about delta-8 THC for wellness

Published June 29, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Cannabis veterans are too quick to write off people using delta-8 THC for wellness.

‘You need to invest in Washington:’ Q&A with former US trade official Gregg Doud

Published June 28, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

The hemp industry must invest in lobbying, according to a former U.S. trade ambassador.

Georgia vape shop raided, 2 arrested for selling delta-8 THC

Published June 25, 2021

A central Georgia vape shop accused of selling delta-8 THC products is the latest to be raided by authorities and employees charged with drug crimes.

Supreme Court hands biofuels a setback in waiver dispute

Published June 25, 2021

Hemp entrepreneurs looking for opportunities in biofuels were handed a setback Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with small refineries looking for extensions on federal mandates to use more biofuels.

Nevada reports hemp increase as plan wins federal approval

Published June 24, 2021

Nevada is a rare state reporting increased hemp production between 2019 and 2020, just as its revised plan to regulate hemp has been approved by federal authorities. Nevada planted 284,830 acres of hemp last year, up nearly 7% from 266,668 acres in 2019. Most states reported fewer acres in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic and […]

$9M dispute over CBD contract dismissed over jurisdiction

Published June 24, 2021

A $9 million dispute between a hemp farm and an Oregon CBD processor has been dismissed after a federal judge ruled the case was in the wrong court.

Shopping for used extraction equipment? Insiders dish 6 key do’s and don’ts

Published June 24, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Used extraction equipment is white-hot right now in the cannabis industry.

Manufacturers who refurbish extractors say they can’t keep up with demand, and the thriving secondhand market gives established players new options to recoup some money to use toward larger machines.