Of course. That is the way of politics and lobby's in this country. The biggest funder of anti-gambling legislation and propoganda radio/tv is native americans and a close second is Las Vegas.
Entrepreuners who followed the laws and got into the medical mmj industry have alot to lose if the rules are changed and allow Phillip Morris to get involved (which they are already prepared to do). Corporate competition would drive down prices and make it hard to grow in america competitively just like pipes, fittings, or anything manufactured. Meanwhile, the product would decline in quality as corners were cut, polution from plants would increase in unregulated countries, an the rich would get richer and push out the middle class entrepreners who fought for the revolution.
Justice has long disappeared from business law, and law is funded by the same people who benefit from it.