Controlled Substances Act
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Controlled Substances Act has come up in 5 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argued psychedelics were made illegal by the Nixon administration to target the civil rights and anti-war movements, not because of danger.
“the only reason why they're illegal was because of the Nixon administration, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2506 - Michelle Thaller (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 2:13:55
Rogan claims the Nixon-era scheduling of psychedelics was designed to target the civil rights movement.
“But the only reason they did that was to target the civil rights movement”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2499 - Marcus King (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 56:03
Rogan argues psychedelics were outlawed not for being harmful but to target the civil rights and anti-war movements under Nixon.
“They're illegal because of the sweeping Controlled Substances Act of the 1970s and the Richard Nixon administration to target the civil rights movement”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2493 - Protect Our Parks 16 (May 1, 2026) · Listen from 2:11:01
Rogan argues that public misconceptions about psychedelics stem from the Nixon-era Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
“It's the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. And that thing, it's really nuts. But for 56 years, we've been living underneath that”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2492 - Ari Shaffir (Apr 30, 2026) · Listen from 16:59
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 5 episodes
Episodes
#2515 - Chase HughesThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 h 38 min
Joe Rogan and behavioral profiler Chase Hughes discuss intravenous DMT, the UFC White House event, psychedelic therapy, memory editing, methylene blue, psyops, COVID-era media and elicitation tactics.
#2506 - Michelle ThallerThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 28, 2026 · 2 h 44 min
Joe Rogan and astrophysicist Michelle Thaller discuss black holes, relativity, quantum entanglement, the Big Bang, NASA missions, AI, consciousness and psychedelics.
#2499 - Marcus KingThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 14, 2026 · 2 h 53 min
Joe Rogan and guitarist Marcus King discuss sobriety, antidepressants, cannabis policy, the state of rock music, porn-era cinema, and VR gaming.
#2493 - Protect Our Parks 16The Joe Rogan Experience · May 1, 2026 · 3 h 24 min
Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis, Mark Normand and Ari Shaffir reunite for Protect Our Parks, riffing on news, drugs, comedy, surveillance, healthcare and UFC.
#2492 - Ari ShaffirThe Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 h 42 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Ari Shaffir discuss Shaffir's seven months of off-grid travel, psychedelic drug policy, MMA weight cutting, Gaza, ancient megaliths, and his storytelling series The End.