From Cannabis Reform to Family Reform: Why I’m Writing This Book

Over the past decade, I have watched public opinion shift in real time.

Cannabis went from criminalized and stigmatized to regulated, researched, and widely accepted. Laws changed. Systems adjusted. Culture evolved.

That shift did not happen quietly. It happened because people challenged narratives, built businesses, gathered data, and forced uncomfortable conversations into the open.

Now I am applying that same lens to something even more personal: family systems.

I am writing a book to be published in Spring 2027, inspired by my children, my journey as an entrepreneur, and my experience as a Black man navigating family court while building one of the most regulated businesses in the country.

This book is not about attacking individuals. It is about questioning systems.

Who this is for

This book is for children growing up in broken homes.
It is for adults still healing from generational cycles.
It is for fathers who feel pushed to the margins.
It is for mothers who want better cooperation.
It is for professionals who work inside family systems and believe reform is possible.

Parents are rarely encouraged to work together once a dispute enters court. The structure often feels adversarial by design. When systems reward escalation over collaboration, children absorb the consequences.

Courts should be designed to encourage cooperation among families. Toward shared responsibility. Toward restoring stability wherever possible.

Instead, the process too often resembles a competition.

The entrepreneur’s lens

I have been in family court since 2022. My docket has grown to more than 500 entries. During that same time, I have operated in one of the most tightly regulated cannabis markets in the world — serving hundreds of customers daily and building a business that generates millions in revenue in an industry still federally illegal.

I have sold nearly $20 million worth of a product once classified as a Schedule I drug — while being told, in another setting, that my role as a father should somehow be limited.

That contradiction forced me to step back and ask bigger questions.

If society can evolve on cannabis, why can’t it evolve on family systems?

Entrepreneurship teaches systems thinking.
Family court often feels like it discourages it.

In business, when something is broken, you redesign the process. You analyze incentives. You measure outcomes. You improve operations.

Why can’t we apply that same discipline to family health?

When systems lag behind culture

Cannabis reform happened because public opinion shifted first.

Family systems are due for that same shift.

Right now, many court processes still operate in ways that unintentionally create “winners” and “losers” rather than prioritizing the long-term emotional health of children. When that happens, parents feel pitted against one another rather than guided toward collaboration.

This book explores parental alienation not from theory, but from lived experience — through the lens of leadership, entrepreneurship, and accountability.

It does not argue for removing responsibility from anyone. It argues for redesigning incentives so that cooperation becomes the default expectation.

Children deserve both parents whenever safely possible.
They deserve systems that encourage that outcome.

Where this movement is headed

I am working with the Modern Author Accelerator program to build this book into more than a memoir. It will be a framework for reform.

It will address:

• Incentive structures inside family court
• The psychology of conflict escalation
• The economic realities that influence custody disputes
• Cultural biases that still exist in systems
• And practical leadership principles parents can apply immediately

This is about creating a new market in family health thinking — bringing entrepreneurial strategy into domestic stability.

If cannabis entrepreneurs could challenge decades of federal policy and shift public opinion, we can challenge outdated assumptions in family systems, too.

Why now

I am writing this book while still in the process — not after everything is neatly resolved.

That matters.

Because leadership is not proven after the storm. It is built during it.

I structure my schedule around my children. The long hours of entrepreneurship have always allowed me flexibility to show up for school, sports, and life. The memories we build are a motor bank of lessons — for them and for me.

No system can take that away.

The goal is not revenge.
The goal is reform.
The goal is healthier outcomes for children everywhere.

Connecting the dots

Cannabis reform taught us that laws can change. Narratives can shift. Systems once considered untouchable can evolve.

Family systems deserve that same evolution.

This book is about leadership inside adversity.
It is about refusing to give up on cooperation.
It is about pushing for systemic change without losing your character.

If we can move a nation from prohibition to regulation, we can move family systems from adversarial to collaborative.

That is the star I am connecting.

And this book is how I intend to draw the line.