The hemp industry wasn’t built by lobbyists or political insiders.
It was built by small businesses, farmers, and families who took a risk on a plant they believed in — not as a shortcut to profit, but as a natural, holistic alternative that could exist outside of monopolized systems.
People invested their savings.
Farmers planted crops.
Entrepreneurs followed the rules as they were written.
Now, that entire ecosystem is being threatened — not by evidence, not by public safety data, but by political maneuvering.
Hemp gave small operators something rare in modern America:
a chance to compete.
Not everyone had venture capital.
Not everyone had corporate backing.
But they had:
Access to land
Access to innovation
Access to a market that wasn’t locked behind medical monopolies
That is economic justice in action.
And it’s exactly why this industry is now under attack.
Let’s be honest about what’s happening.
Congress has become an ecosystem where legislation is too often shaped by:
Who can afford access
Who can fund reelection campaigns
Who has the loudest lobby
Small businesses don’t have PACs.
Farmers don’t have armies of attorneys.
Consumers don’t have influence brokers.
But corporate interests do.
And when laws are written in back rooms, rushed through, or sold as “safety fixes” without transparency, the result is predictable:
industries collapse upward into monopolies.
That isn’t regulation.
That’s consolidation.
Without a delay, the current hemp-ban language would:
Wipe out compliant small businesses
Destroy farmer contracts and livelihoods
Push consumers into fewer, more expensive channels
Funnel the industry into tightly controlled medical monopolies
This doesn’t protect the public.
It protects power.
And power should not be for sale to the highest bidder.
This Sunday, House and Senate staff are reviewing legislation responding to the hemp-ban language passed in November.
Right now, there is one active federal fix — Rep. Baird’s bill — that would delay the restrictions and buy the industry time.
That delay matters because it:
Keeps small businesses alive
Gives farmers stability
Allows for real, transparent policymaking
And here’s the critical part:
Messages sent this weekend are logged and included in Monday’s briefing packets.
This is when pressure works.
If you believe in:
Economic justice
Fair markets
Protecting small businesses
Keeping lawmakers accountable
Please take one minute to act:
👉 http://www.votervoice.net/mobile/hemp/campaigns
Tell Congress:
Support delaying the hemp restrictions
Protect small businesses and farmers
Stop selling public policy to the highest bidder
Silence right now favors consolidation.
Speaking up protects people.
Act today.
Protect hemp.
Protect small business.
Protect economic fairness.
—
Jam’n Hemp Co. 🌿
Still spicy. Still principled.
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