Podcaster Joe Rogan says Congress needs to fix the “really bad” mistake lawmakers made by recriminalizing consumable hemp products—warning 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.
On an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that was released on Tuesday, Rogan and comedian Theo Von discussed the federal hemp THC product prohibition that was included in a spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law last week.
“They slipped this thing in where you can no longer buy CBD,” Rogan said. “It has to be like the lowest trace amount of THC in it. Like my wife’s mom, she’s an older lady and she takes CBD for pain for joints and stuff like that.”
The hemp policy change won’t 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.
But as enacted, the law would prescribe a THC limit so low that hemp businesses widely believe the industry would be wiped out. That’s because
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