Joe Rogan Experience #2143 - Tulsi Gabbard

Rogan outlines how Hearst and Anslinger used racist fearmongering and films like *Reefer Madness* to kill hemp as a commodity, protecting paper and timber interests; Gabbard notes today’s federal scheduling still blocks hemp’s huge potential for agriculture, construction, and textiles.

They highlight hemp’s durability, renewability, and nutritional value, plus its use in paper, clothing, concrete, and medicine, while Gabbard describes farmers losing entire crops over trace THC and service members banned from CBD—even gas‑station balms—because of rigid military policy.

Rogan cites interviews with game wardens turned tactical teams busting illegal cartel grows on U.S. public land, using banned pesticides and exploiting misdemeanor laws; both tie this to fentanyl deaths and argue that blanket illegality fuels black markets instead of reducing harm.

Gabbard explains how renewed and expanded FISA 702 allows warrantless collection of Americans’ data when communicating with foreign targets and broad access to Wi‑Fi histories, likening the current TikTok bill + FISA package to a post‑9/11 Patriot Act–style civil liberties rollback.

She argues the legislation gives the Executive Branch sweeping authority to designate foreign adversaries, control which platforms Americans can use, and potentially target competitors like X, framing it as a dangerous precedent for government deciding who may speak and where.