The Hemp Industry Is Being Killed By Market Consolidation Disguised As Consumer Protection (Op-Ed)

“Something real—something built with care—is being dismantled by people who never had to love it to profit from it.” By John Grady, Slaphappy Hemp Company A recent Marijuana Moment op-ed authored by Max Jackson of Cannabis Wise Guys argues that the hemp industry killed itself and that no one—except the bad actors in the sector itself—is to blame for the result. The bad actors the piece describes are real, and some of the failures it documents are accurate. But the conclusion—that sta