Weed, Inc. The Truth About THC, the Pot Lobby, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry By Ben Cort from HCI Books. Colorado’s Amendment 64, the game-changing constitutional amendment that authorized the use and regulation of marijuana in the state, sounded to most people who voted for it like a victory for social justice, a way to solve the problem of prison overcrowding and a windfall for the state and local governments that could reap the benefits from sales taxes. In Weed Inc. author Ben Cort shows us the truth. This was not simple legalization of a plant or discrimination for those possessing it. Instead, the law was written to allow for the commercialization of the mind-altering component of marijuana, THC, by an industry now seeking to make it stronger and to get into the hands of as many new users as possible. Controlled by a powerful, wealthy lobby, the industry has no federal oversight and has grown at a pace that’s made building and enforcing responsible regulation totally impossible, with adverse impacts to society, health, and the government.
