The Association run by Snake Oil Salesmen

Another turn of The Never Ending Carousel of Cannabis Nonsense.

This week, we attend a quiet professional disappearance.

A once self-appointed guardian of the CBD sector has vanished. Website suspended. Data incomplete. Members exposed. And regulators still asking questions.

In this episode, Sian Phillips dissects what happens when fear becomes a business model, when exclusivity replaces cohesion, and when an entire regulatory strategy rests on a single brittle dossier. The UK’s Novel Foods framework does not recognise conference badges or whispered influence. It recognises the data holder. And when that entity disappears, the structural risk becomes painfully clear.

We explore how divide-and-rule tactics fracture industries, how quasi-medical positioning can squeeze out legitimate consumer brands, and why governance requires stamina rather than theatre.

This is not gossip. It is a warning.

Before you write your next cheque, ask who actually holds the data, who answers the regulator, and what remains when the website goes dark.

If you want representation built on mettle rather than marketing, you know where to find it.