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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.

‘Baffling’ smokable hemp ban in Indiana moves to federal appeals court

Published January 27, 2020

Indiana is making a “baffling” argument against smokable hemp as it tries to revive a ban ruled unconstitutional, a group of hemp wholesalers and retailers told a federal appeals court that’s been asked to intervene in the case. The Midwest Hemp Council and seven Indiana hemp wholesalers are challenging the state’s attempt to revive a smokable hemp […]

Hemp producers finding major profits from minor cannabinoids

Published January 24, 2020 | By Laura Drotleff

Will 2020 be the year of the cannabinoid CBG? Some hemp producers are betting on it after a year of overproduction of CBD.

New pharmaceutical CBD supplier enters German market

Published January 23, 2020

Pharmaceutical-grade CBD kits are now available to German pharmacists for personalized compound preparations.

Former DEA chief joins new CBD advisory panel

Published January 22, 2020

A former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is joining the latest advisory panel tackling CBD regulations. Karen Tandy, who led the DEA from 2003 to 2007 and was the first female DEA chief, is among a panel of former government officials looking at the CBD industry for the Consumer Brands Association, which […]

European health agency links hemp food to THC exposure

Published January 21, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

A European health agency is warning that eating hemp foods can cause elevated THC levels if ingested in high quantities, a troubling signal for hemp businesses in Europe and worldwide that are seeking assurances that hemp is safe to put in food and drink. The January report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) looked […]

Italy sets THC limits, testing standards for hemp food

Published January 20, 2020

Italy put in place a THC limit for foods made from hemp’s grain, giving producers “long-awaited” guidance for bringing products to market. The Italy Ministry of Health set the maximum THC levels at: 2 milligrams per kilogram for flour, seeds and supplements derived from hempseed (grain). 5 milligrams per kilogram for oil derived from hempseed. […]

Have a smart hemp idea? Share it at the 2020 Hemp Industry Daily Conference

Published January 16, 2020

Are you passionate about hemp and want to share your thoughts, advice and innovative ideas with an engaged and sophisticated audience? Applications are now available to become a speaker at the second Hemp Industry Daily Conference, June 3-4 in New Orleans. Brought to you by the editors of Hemp Industry Daily, this conference is the […]

Physicians warming to CBD drug for epilepsy, pharmaceutical maker tells investors

Published January 13, 2020

Broad physician adoption of a cannabis-derived epilepsy treatment is boosting sales for the only company with federal permission to sell cannabis products in the United States. London-based GW Pharmaceuticals told investors Monday that it notched $108 million in sales last quarter and $309 million for calendar 2019. The sales figures were released in advance of the company’s […]

CBD makers shouldn’t face liability claims until FDA acts, judge rules

Published January 13, 2020

A decision by a federal judge in Florida to put a CBD lawsuit on hold pending federal clarity on the extract signals the judiciary isn’t yet ready to start hearing class action claims against the industry. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled Jan. 3 that a CBD manufacturer shouldn’t face certain liability claims until the U.S. Food […]

CBD producer Mile High Labs lays off 20 employees after major expansion

Published January 10, 2020

Mile High Labs, a CBD manufacturer in suburban Denver, said it has laid off 20 employees, mostly sales positions. This week’s layoffs, a cut of less than 10% of Mile High Labs’ workforce, take the company from more than 250 employees to about 230, the Denver Post reported. The layoffs follow a growing trend in […]

German hemp retailers could face years in prison for selling hemp tea

Published January 7, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

Prosecutors in Braunschweig, Germany, are seeking prison time against the operators of a retail shop that sold hemp teas. The public prosecutor’s office says the sale of hemp tea is illegal, regardless how low the THC content. The operators of the Hanfbar retail store – Marcel Kaine and Bardia Hatefi – face sentences of three years and 2½ […]

Truck driver considers suit against Texas cops after wrongful stops for hemp

Published January 3, 2020

A Florida truck driver who was stopped twice last month driving hemp from California to New York is now considering a lawsuit against Texas authorities who jailed him and charged him with felony possession of marijuana. Aneudy Gonzales was stopped for a traffic violation near Conway, Texas, on Dec. 5. Texas Highway Patrol seized roughly 3,350 […]