Roth’s Bill Kirk: The Hemp Ban Happens, Beer Stocks Are Back, and Just Go to Philly

Dear Client: Last week we hosted Bill Kirk on Beernet Radio, the managing director and senior analyst at Roth covering beverages, cannabis, food and retail. (Full disclosure: he is also married to our own Jenn Litz-Kirk). HEMP: THE BAN HAPPENS. We started with the looming December 11 hemp THC cliff approaching: Bill doesn't see Congress getting much done in the short lame-duck window after the midterms. "My personal view is the ban happens. It goes away," Bill said. "Both sides