He goes into that, believing the Big Business pot producers who want to be the Anheuser and Coors of Marijuana (and have been the biggest campaign donors in some cases) are wanting the criminal conduct of the Chinese Cartels to force the government to have very stringent controls so that only the Big Businesses can afford to comply and so that everyone, including mom and pop and everyday Joe can't produce at all.
Yes, that makes sense to me. From what I understand, the marijuana that the kids are "toking" on nowadays to get high is, generally, nothing like the marijuana from 60 years ago, or naturally grown low THC cannabis varieties today. The THC content that is many times stronger (which probably accounts for brain damage, schizophrenia, psychosis, etc.), genetic modification, pesticides, anything that is used to "cut" it. The control is about money and also about poisoning the populace as well.
I do not use cannabis myself but I see that many trads have a monolithic view on it, where there are no options other than completely abstaining or getting blitzed out of your mind as a degenerate, slothful addict. It's a plant that God created for a reason