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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.

Texas smokable hemp lawsuit delayed until March

Published January 6, 2021

A looming legal challenge to Texas’ ban on smokable hemp sales has been delayed until March. Travis County District Court Judge Livingston rescheduled the smokable hemp ban hearing back to March 22, 2021. The hearing had been scheduled for Feb. 1. The delay was first reported by the Texas Cannabis Collective. It comes at the […]

Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general, who oversees DEA

Published January 6, 2021 | By John Schroyer

President-elect Joe Biden has settled on Merrick Garland as his nominee for U.S. attorney general, multiple news organizations reported Wednesday, tapping a federal judge to oversee the Department of Justice, which includes the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Aurora Cannabis breach exposes personal data of former, current workers

Published January 5, 2021 | By Solomon Israel

This story first appeared at Marijuana Business Daily. A data breach at Aurora Cannabis has exposed the personal information of an unknown number of the Canadian company’s current and former employees, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. An email sent to a victim of the data breach cites a Dec. 25 “cybersecurity incident during which unauthorized […]

21 predictions for 2021: Insiders handicap what’s ahead for the hemp sector

Published December 23, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

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Charlotte’s Web says another labeling lawsuit should wait for FDA

Published December 23, 2020

Charlotte’s Web Holdings says that labeling lawsuits against CBD makers must wait while federal regulators consider how to regulate the hemp extract.

Dutch biocontrols giant acquires Brazilian precision-farming firm

Published December 23, 2020

A Dutch biocontrols giant that has flexed into the cannabis space, Koppert Biological Systems, has acquired a Brazilian drone company in a bid to use drones to apply its sustainable biocontrols in Brazil. Koppert said its acquisition of Geocom will help it “accelerate precision agrifarming, which is crucial for bringing biologicals to the fields,” according […]

Eye drops, inhalers targeted in latest round of FDA CBD warnings

Published December 22, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

Five more CBD manufacturers have gotten warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for making illegal medical claims, with the agency raising special alarm Tuesday because of how some of the products are taken — inhaled or dropped in the eyes.

Marijuana banking excluded from $900 billion coronavirus relief package

Published December 22, 2020

Marijuana banking isn’t included in the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill.

Editor’s Notebook: Hemp’s climate-change opportunity

Published December 22, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

Everyone knows the planet’s changing temperatures are creating dramatic swings in weather that threaten our very survival. But global warming could also be the kind of problem that provides hemp companies with opportunities that former generations couldn’t imagine.