Podcaster Joe Rogan says Congress needs to fix the \u201creally bad\u201d mistake lawmakers made by recriminalizing consumable hemp products\u2014warning that restricting access to cannabinoids like CBD will harm people who use them therapeutically, such as his mother-in-law. And he attributes the passage of the controversial cannabis ban to alcohol industry lobbying.<\/p>\n
On an episode of \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d podcast that was released on Tuesday, Rogan and comedian Theo Von discussed the federal hemp THC product prohibition<\/a> that was included in a spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law last week.<\/p>\n \u201cThey slipped this thing in where you can no longer buy CBD,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cIt has to be like the lowest trace amount of THC in it. Like my wife\u2019s mom, she\u2019s an older lady and she takes CBD for pain for joints and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n The hemp policy change won\u2019t be implemented for another year, and stakeholders are already at work seeking to get lawmakers to advance legislation before then to provide a regulatory alternative to prohibition for intoxicating cannabinoids.<\/p>\n But as enacted, the law would prescribe a THC limit so low that hemp businesses widely believe the industry would be wiped out. That\u2019s because it\u2019s virtually impossible to produce and extract even non-intoxicating cannabinoids like CBD without traces of THC in the final product, unless a company makes the costly decision to manufacture CBD isolates.<\/p>\n Even then, as Rogan pointed out, patients like his mother-in-law often report that CBD products are more effective at treating conditions such as pain and inflammation when they contain some amount of THC or other cannabinoids. Scientists call this synergistic quality of cannabis the \u201centourage effect.\u201d<\/p>\n Rogan and Von went back and forth about the hemp ban and mocked Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his role in \u201cslipping\u201d the prohibitionist provisions into the appropriations legislation. Rogan called the senator, who championed a section of the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp and its derivatives, a \u201cdead fucking old turtle\u201d and said \u201ceverybody hates him.\u201d<\/p>\n Rogan stressed that Congress needs to \u201cchange\u201d the \u201creally bad\u201d law they enacted, at least for patients\u2019 sake.<\/p>\n Von asked Rogan to expand on why he took issue with the federal hemp policy reversal, and the podcaster said it\u2019s because \u201cpeople that are getting benefits from CBD\u201d see better health outcomes with THC in the mix, even at \u201csuper, super low amounts\u201d that doesn\u2019t cause a high.<\/p>\n \u201cLike, this is the misunderstanding. This stuff\u2019s not gonna get you high,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cBut what it will do is it helps with anxiety for a lot of people. It definitely reduces inflammation.\u201d He also mentioned a friend, the actor Dave Foley, whose arthritis is \u201cnow gone\u201d since he started using cannabis.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really effective, man. It\u2019s really effective,\u201d he said, adding that he believes the alcohol industry was a driving force in getting Congress to impose the hemp ban.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the same people that are trying to keep marijuana illegal in Texas. It\u2019s the alcohol lobby. The fact is, when people start smoking weed, they drink less,\u201d he said. \u201cIt could be because they just decided to get high and not get drunk. Or it could be that they smoke pot and they get a little paranoid and they go, oh my god, why am I poisoning myself five days a week?\u201d<\/p>\n Von joked that nowadays people are \u201cjust doing like cocaine and saunas, it seems like,\u201d to which Rogan replied: \u201cMaybe in your neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n The host has made a habit of raising drug policy issues on his podcast. That includes late last year, when he claimed former Vice President Kamala Harris \u201cdidn\u2019t want to talk about marijuana legalization\u201d<\/a> when she was invited\u2014and ultimately declined\u2014to participate in an interview him ahead of the presidential election.<\/p>\n Harris discussed the issue in a book published earlier this year, disputing Rogan\u2019s claims and asserting that the reason she didn\u2019t go on the show was related to broader scheduling and location inflexibility on the podcast\u2019s end. Rogan, who ultimately endorsed Trump shortly before the election, said he thought the alleged refusal to discuss cannabis \u201cwas hilarious.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Also last year, Rogan fielded questions about the medical potential of psychedelics from then-Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) before he was elected vice president. Vance said he was \u201cfascinated\u201d by the subject and asked about potential pathways to provide therapeutic access to substances like MDMA and psilocybin<\/a> for military veterans with mental health conditions.<\/p>\n Image element courtesy of Joe Rogan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Joe Rogan Slams \u2018Really Bad\u2019 Federal Hemp Ban Trump Signed, Blaming Alcohol Industry For Influencing Congress<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Podcaster Joe Rogan says Congress needs to fix the \u201creally bad\u201d mistake lawmakers made by recriminalizing consumable hemp products\u2014warning that restricting access to cannabinoids like CBD will harm people who use them therapeutically, such as his mother-in-law. And he attributes the passage of the controversial cannabis ban to alcohol industryContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[99,18,126],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84419,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84418\/revisions\/84419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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