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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.

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Hemp and CBD retailers relax COVID-19 rules, but many still require masks

Published June 1, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols and John Schroyer

As the U.S. eases out of the coronavirus pandemic, marijuana, hemp and CBD retailers are slowly adjusting their store protocols for customer-mandated mask-wearing, social distancing and other requirements.

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3 ways COVID-19 changed cannabis extraction forever – and 1 way it didn’t

Published May 27, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

A little over a year ago, hemp and marijuana extractors and manufacturers found themselves challenged like never before. The global COVID-19 pandemic shuttered operations and threw supply chains into disarray. Even manufacturers and processors who managed to stay open had to find new ways to sell ingredients and finished products to retailers unwilling to host […]

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CBD maker announces collective bargaining for workers in Colorado, Florida

Published May 25, 2021

A Colorado CBD maker founded with collective bargaining in mind, Union Harvest, says it has completed organizing for workers in manufacturing, packaging and sales in Colorado and Florida.

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Canadian bast fiber company completes $7 million raise

Published May 24, 2021

A Canadian company that makes natural nonwoven fibers says it has raised $7 million (CAD $8.5 million) to advance its plans to expand production.

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Bad actors to blame for inaccurate CBD labels? Not so fast

Published May 24, 2021 | By Susan Audino

All cannabis consumers have a right to confidently know the contents of the products they purchase.

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New York latest to ban delta-8 THC, modifies ban on smokable hemp flower

Published May 21, 2021 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

New York state is the latest to expressly prohibit delta-8 THC and other THC isomers derived from hemp.

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Wyoming prosecutor censured over hemp-THC lie

Published May 20, 2021

A prosecutor in Wyoming has been publicly censured for not correcting errant THC information in a failed prosecution attempt against a registered hemp cultivator.

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Hemp bedsheets win Good Housekeeping nod

Published May 19, 2021

A brand of hemp bedsheets made in North Carolina from imported hemp fiber have been honored by Good Housekeeping magazine.

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Arizona CBD maker fined $30,000 for deceptive marketing

Published May 18, 2021

Arizona CBD maker Kushly Industries and its owner have agreed to pay more than $30,000 for false marketing claims.

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Rite Aid pharmacy CEO ‘keeping an eye’ on marijuana

Published May 17, 2021

Marijuana could be coming to Rite Aid, a U.S. pharmacy chain with 2,500 stores in U.S. 17 states.

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HempFusion Wellness to buy Apothecanna for up to $25 million

Published May 17, 2021

Denver probiotic and CBD manufacturer HempFusion Wellness Inc. is buying the holdings company that owns the Apothecanna CBD line for up to $25 million in a stock-and-cash deal announced Monday.

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Colorado bans delta-8 THC, other THC isomers derived from hemp

Published May 14, 2021

Colorado has banned delta-8 THC from hemp extracts, joining states like Oregon in saying the THC isomers can’t be sold if they come from hemp.

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