It was a brief conversation that left more questions than answers due to time constraints. I made the remark they would want to control what they fear. He said, "Exactly, and use it." There it ended rather cryptically. After he and his family return from the holiday, I would hope to resume the conversation

Thinking about this, it's not going to be a cake walk for any interest group  to take over the mmj industry. It's highly decentralized, and it's regulated by individual states. The genie is out of the bottle. The public supports mmj over 80%. Not that easy to put it back in a centralized vessel. They could try, but it doesn't mean they will succeed.