Regulatory Game Theory: Safety Stack or Distribution Mandate?
In the first Delta Dispatch Salon, we brought a brand CEO, an independent retailer, and a category-native distributor to debate a question sparked by a listener: does mandatory wholesaler intermediation actually make THC drinks safer, or is the industry conflating the "safety stack" with a "distribution mandate"? What followed was an hour of unscripted, occasionally heated debate about franchise laws, federal tax proposals that could add $24 per case, craft operator protections, and whether the category's best move might be to walk away from a bad deal entirely.
All three panelists agree on…
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