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Kristen Nichols, Hemp Editor

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

BIPOC marijuana entrepreneurs share tips on getting into the industry

Ancillary cannabis businesses offer disadvantaged entrepreneurs a way into the industry without having to compete for a marijuana license or start with enormous liquid assets, according to industry leaders.

Cannabis cross-pollination concerns getting new look in Colorado

Colorado has assembled its panel of cannabis experts to suggest fixes for cross-pollination concerns among outdoor hemp and marijuana growers. The group comes in response to a new law that calls for solutions to cannabis pollen-drift concerns. The law also aims to look at the prospect of wild or volunteer cannabis, plants growing outside facilities […]

Female cannabis execs discuss how to achieve gender equity

Gender equity across the cannabis industry is still lacking – especially in ownership and executive positions. And it’s a problem that appears to be getting worse. MJBizDaily recently completed its third annual survey of female and minority participation at all levels of employment in the marijuana and hemp industries and uncovered statistics that show the […]

New law opens California market to CBD operators around the globe

California’s new CBD law is attracting attention from cannabis operators far beyond the Golden State. They have 3.2 trillion reasons to care. A legal change signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week opens the world’s fifth-largest economy – with an estimated $3.2 trillion gross state product – to makers of hemp-derived CBD products […]

Massachusetts permits hemp sales by marijuana retailers

Hemp growers in Massachusetts can now sell hemp extracts and smokable flower to the state’s more than 200 licensed marijuana retailers, a move that should allow MJ stores to serve a wider selection of consumers.

US judge tosses investor lawsuit targeting cannabis producer Sundial

A federal judge in New York cleared Sundial Growers of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by angry investors who said the Calgary, Alberta-based cannabis producer misled them about plans to export hemp and CBD to the European Union.

Aerial view of Oregon cannabis inspections

Oregon hemp producers discovered growing marijuana illegally

More than 100 licensed hemp producers in southern Oregon have been found to be growing marijuana illegally, according to a top cannabis regulator.

Extraction experts debunk 4 myths associated with marijuana processing

Cannabis extractors operate with scarce scientific resources or standards to consult, and much of their know-how is gained via word-of-mouth or from other industries.

How to ensure your cannabis business can clear wage-compliance hurdles

As the cannabis industry continues to grow, it is important to stay on top of wage and hour issues that could upend a growing company.

Marijuana company Hexo achieves carbon-neutral goal

Canadian cannabis producer Hexo Corp. has reached its target to become carbon neutral within three months, the company announced.

FDA, CDC issue delta-8 THC warnings after 100-plus end up in hospitals

More than 100 people in the United States have been hospitalized this year after consuming delta-8 THC products, federal health regulators warned Tuesday. The hospitalizations included pediatric intensive-care unit admissions and were among more than 600 calls to local poison control centers, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S Centers for Disease […]

Canopy Growth to offer CBD vapes for sale in Circle K stores

Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. is entering the CBD vape market and will distribute the products exclusively at Circle K locations in the U.S. The deal announced Tuesday places Canopy’s new Whisl line of CBD vapes at more than 3,000 locations across the United States beginning Oct. 1. The CBD is made from U.S.-grown […]

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