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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.

Missouri CBD retailer cheers judge’s order in credit-card lawsuit against Visa

Published November 11, 2020

Missouri CBD retailer MNG 2005 is cheering a judge’s order keeping its legal fight alive against credit-card giant Visa as it wages a battle to access payment-processing services. U.S. District Judge John Ross ruled this week that MNG can pursue defamation claims against Visa for allegedly saying that the CBD company was “engaged in illegal […]

Canadian MJ firm Hexo claims win in California CBD trademark dispute

Published November 9, 2020

Canadian marijuana producer Hexo Corp. says it has settled a trademark-infringement lawsuit against a California CBD maker.

5 questions for hemp businesses from the election results – and 1 big reason for optimism

Published November 6, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

5 questions for hemp businesses from the election results

Tennessee hemp farmer sues state patrolman over mistaken MJ charge, resisting arrest case

Published November 6, 2020

A hemp farmer in east Tennessee is suing a trooper for the Tennessee State Highway Patrol for twice charging her with crimes that were later dismissed. Rose Hembrook of Pikeville says she was pulled over by Trooper Donald Seiber in 2019 while driving two bags of hemp debris to the dump. She says she showed […]

Prominent CBD advocate in US House loses reelection

Published November 5, 2020

House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat and sponsor of a bill to require federal food and agriculture regulators to treat hemp-derived CBD as a dietary supplement, has lost his re-election bid.

Epidiolex maker GW Pharma reports record quarterly revenue of $137 million

Published November 4, 2020

United Kingdom-based GW Pharmaceuticals posted higher revenue in the quarter ended Sept. 30, largely driven by U.S. sales of its cannabidiol medicine Epidiolex.

Hemp, MJ firm Canopy Growth to follow Aphria onto Nasdaq, departing NYSE

Published November 4, 2020

Marijuana and hemp giant Canopy Growth is swapping one stock exchange for another, departing the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in favor of the Nasdaq in an effort to save money.

Wellness holding company Onassis wraps acquisition of Slovenia CBD maker

Published November 3, 2020

New York wellness holding company Onassis Holding Corp. has bought a CBD maker in Slovenia for $6 million in stock.

Opinion: After the election, let’s focus on fixing the arbitrary THC standard in hemp

Published November 3, 2020 | By Shawn Hauser

It’s clear that the 0.3% THC limit is not workable in practice. The promising U.S. hemp industry is currently hamstrung by federal regulations that are extremely restrictive because of the legal need to regulate around this THC content.

Canada wellness company to shutter psychedelics firm in Germany, retain Kentucky CBD maker

Published November 2, 2020

Thoughtful Brands, a cannabis and psychedelics company in Vancouver, British Columbia, has dissolved its subsidiary in Germany to focus on its direct-to-consumer brands, including a CBD maker in Kentucky.

Montana borrows hay platform to help hemp trades

Published October 30, 2020

Montana has set up a free trading platform for its hemp farmers, copying an existing platform it uses for hay and pasture.

Village Farms closes deal to take over MJ producer it started

Published October 30, 2020

Canadian greenhouse giant Village Farms International is moving ahead with plans to take over a firm it started as a joint venture to produce marijuana and CBD in British Columbia.