JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel Rodriguez

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   The Joe Rogan Experience

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   Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] What up?

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   D-Rod, free.

5. SPSpeaker0:14

   Yes, sir.

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   Free man. [laughs] What a fucking crazy story. So let's, let's fill people in. So you were a top contender in the UFC's welterweight division, and then somehow or another, you wound up-

7. SPSpeaker0:25

   Yeah

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   ... getting arrested in Mexico.

9. SPSpeaker0:27

   Yeah, man, right after the, uh, Kevin Holland fight, actually. I was ce- I was in, I was celebrating. I was over in San Diego. Um, had some drinks and decided, "You know what? Let's go to, let's go to TJ." It seems, you know-

10. JRJoe Rogan0:42

    Oh, always a phrase that [laughs] is regretted.

11. SPSpeaker0:45

    Yeah. Well, we're not even that far.

12. JRJoe Rogan0:46

    When you're in San Diego and you're drinking, you could walk there. Shit.

13. SPSpeaker0:49

    Y- yeah, yeah, literally. So, um, decided to go to, to TJ for the, for the night, you know, go celebrate my win. I was obviously in celebration mode. And I had a ounce of weed in the car, you know, and I've been across the border 100 times, bro. Never had no issues, never had no problems, never got stopped, pulled over. That's the last thing I would even think is that-

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    I thought weed was legal in Mexico.

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    I thought, I thought so, too. Like, here-

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    I thought everything's decriminalized down there.

17. SPSpeaker1:18

    Uh, apparently not, man.

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    [sighs]

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    The, the, the laws are, like, crazy, crazy strict over there, you know? And, and I've been in situations before where I could, like, just offer some money and get out the situation, you know, like 500 bucks at, at the most, you know, and they'll just let me on my way. But got pulled over at the border, and the border inspection, um, found, found the weed in my, in my, in my backpack. And I was thinking I was gonna be in that, in that situation where I could bribe my way out of it, 'cause it's Mexico. I've been there before and, and, and I've been in these situations. And nah, man, I thought ... You know, they took me to jail that night, and, uh, I was thinking, "All right, I'm just gonna be here for the weekend. I'll get out Monday," you know, go to court. And they're like, "No, we'll see you in a month." I'm like, "A month?" You know, like, "Why? [laughs] It's just weed." You know what I mean? And, um, yeah, eight months later.

20. JRJoe Rogan2:16

    Holy shit.

21. SPSpeaker2:17

    Yeah, dude.

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    Jimmy, s- can you please look up what the, the laws are in Mexico for marijuana? 'Cause man, I was reading something just a few years ago how they ... Here it goes. Marijuana is decriminalized for personal recreational use in Mexico, but there's no legal commercial market, and buying it or selling it remains illegal. For tourists and visitors, possession is strictly prohibited.

23. SPSpeaker2:40

    Wait, what the hell?

24. JRJoe Rogan2:42

    It's tourists and visitors. So for everybody else, you would be good. Like, if you were a Mexican resident, you would've been good it looks like, according to this. Uh, personal limits can possess up to five grams, uh, and up to 28 grams is decriminalized. How many grams are in a-

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    It's one ounce

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    ... it's one ounce?

27. SPSpeaker3:04

    Yeah.

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    28?

29. SPSpeaker3:05

    Yeah, so it was a, it was approximately 28 grams.

30. JRJoe Rogan3:07

    So approximately, you should've been decriminalized. [laughs] But the thing is, I think it's if you live there. The border. Transporting marijuana, including edibles and concentrates, across the US-Mexico border is either, in either direction, is a serious federal offense. US Customs and Border Protection strictly enforces federal laws prohibiting the import/export of cannabis. But wait a minute, that's, that's US, but what about Mexico? You got arrested by Mexican police, right?

Episode duration: 2:16:06