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Articles by Kristen Nichols :
CBD prices are stabilizing after years of decline – but is it progress?
A yearslong tailspin for CBD prices is showing signs of leveling off.
But it’s too soon to say whether the CBD market is rebounding or if companies making CBD products have simply cut so deeply that they’re now holding or increasing prices just to survive.
CBD ‘safe’ for mainstream retail, Health Canada advisory panel says
CBD is “safe and tolerable” in healthy adults and should be available without a prescription, a panel of scientists recommended to Canada’s top health regulator Thursday.
Is Canada (finally) going to allow CBD to be sold in mainstream retail?
A watershed CBD recommendation expected this summer from Canadian health authorities could resolve one of the oddest differences between the cannabis industries in Canada and the United States – their starkly different approaches to hemp extracts.
Chicago considers limits on CBD retailers calling their shops a ‘dispensary’
Under a proposal by city Alderman Brian Hopkins, CBD shops in Chicago would be prohibited from advertising themselves as “dispensaries.”
CA cannabis grower agrees to $825K class-action wage settlement
A California marijuana grower accused of cheating hourly employees out of overtime pay has agreed to a class-action settlement worth some $825,000.
Making a scientific case to question THC-impairment testing
We have stronger evidence than ever that single measurements of delta-9 THC in breath or blood don’t always indicate impairment from recent cannabis use.
Vermont shuffles hemp oversight in advance of adult-use marijuana sales
Vermont is punting hemp cultivation oversight to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as it sets up a single state agency to oversee cannabis products in advance of adult-use marijuana sales beginning this fall.
Kansas governor fires back in delta-8 THC lawsuit
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she has nothing to do with a recent seizure of intoxicating hemp products in Topeka and wants a federal court to release her from a retailer’s lawsuit.
After legal setback, hemp extractors hope DEA won’t make any big moves
Hemp extractors worried about a federal crackdown over THC levels have dim prospects for getting help from the judicial system.
Instead, they’re looking to the words of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in hopes the agency won’t put much effort into enforcing its 2020 rule about hemp extracts that go “hot,” or beyond 0.3% THC.
‘Big Bang Theory’ actor wins court assistance to fight CBD scam
A federal judge in Florida has stepped in to help “Big Bang Theory” actor Mayim Bialik get false CBD endorsements off the internet.
