The Unregulated Cannabis Industry Is Dangerous: Ben Cort, Author of Weed Inc.

The Unregulated Cannabis Industry Is Dangerous: Ben Cort, Author of Weed Inc.
Ben Cort, the CEO of the Foundry Treatment Center and author of “Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry," in Washington on Nov. 2, 2022. Tiffany Coutris/CPI Studios
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Ben Cort, author of “Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry,” continues to fight the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry that he says turned a once natural, relatively harmless plant into a highly addictive, psychosis-inducing narcotic.

Although the war on drugs and the campaign to criminalize marijuana was destructive, the unregulated cannabis industry run by corporations is more dangerous, said Cort.

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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