Joe Rogan seemed stunned to hear Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tell him on a new episode of his podcast that certain marijuana businesses joined hands with the alcohol industry to lobby in favor of a federal ban on most hemp THC products.
During a wide-ranging interview on the Joe Rogan Experience that aired on Tuesday, the senator discussed his months-long effort to fight against the recriminalization of hemp under a spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in November.
Paul again faulted his home-stare colleague Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for spearheading the ban, which hemp industry stakeholders say would effectively eradicate the industry that’s evolved since the crop was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that Trump signed during his first term.
“He is very, very powerful, and a lot of people owe him,” Paul said. “He raised money for decades—hundreds of millions of dollars, passed it out to the lesser-known senators and helped them get elected when they would get challenges—and so then they all owe him.”
While he faced criticism from some after holding up the appropriations legislation over the hemp provisions, Paul said it was his “only choice” to protect the market after McConnell’s
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