Kristen Nichols, editor at Hemp Industry Daily, joins us to update listeners on the latest headlines in the hemp industry. We discuss the boom in popularity of Delta-8 products during 2021, including what led to its massive growth, and if the trend here to stay. Also, consolidation news in the CBD industry as mergers and acquisitions continues to be a big story in CBD, will this continue?  Finally, we talk about CBD as an ingredient rather than an industry, what this could lead to and where are those much-awaited federal regulations? Plus, a quick preview of MJBizCon coming up in October!