Jun 10, 2026 · 2h 48m
Joey Diaz and Joe Rogan target legal cannabis hurdles and Cuban politics
#2512 - Joey Diaz
Understanding the friction between legal drug markets and state regulation reveals why illicit trade persists despite widespread legalization.
- 1High tax rates and complex regulations continue to hinder the growth of the legal cannabis market.
- 2Daily supplement routines involving CBD and creatine offer accessible benefits for long-term physical health.
- 3Cuba remains locked in deep economic struggles shaped by both US foreign policy and systemic domestic issues.
The brief
Comedian Joey Diaz joins Joe Rogan to dissect the steep operational hurdles facing the legal cannabis market, contrasting the promises of legalization with the reality of heavy regulation.
The duo explores how high taxes and red tape inadvertently sustain illicit markets, while also sharing how personal wellness routines rely on everyday supplements like CBD and creatine.
Stepping into global politics, Diaz draws on his heritage to analyze the ongoing economic struggles in Cuba, pointing to the complex interplay of US foreign policy and domestic resilience.
What was said on this episode
48 statements · 30 positive · 16 negative · 1 mixed · 1 neutral
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“penetrates the skin to relieve joint pain, inflammation and stiffness”
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Atlantic City casinos perform poorly and will not grow like Las Vegas.
“AC doesn't do well. Not like Vegas does. You know what I mean? Like, AC's got some nice spots. You can go there and have a good time, but it's not like it's going to grow.”
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THC and CBD gummies are highly effective for aches and pains.
“thc, like gummies with CBD are phenomenal for aches and pains”
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CBD restored full function to Dave Foley’s arthritic hand.
“He started taking cbd, and now his hand is full function. CBD is amazing.”
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THC reduces Joey Diaz’s anxiety and helps him relax.
“THC makes me just relax”
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The expansion of gambling will create serious costs within five years.
“Gambling has grown to a fucking nightmare. We're gonna pay for this in five years.”
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More people are gambling now than ever before.
“More people are gambling more than ever”
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Ilia Topuria has had the most legendary run in MMA championship history.
“he's had the most legendary run in MMA championship history”
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Justin Gaethje could defeat Ilia Topuria because any MMA fighter can lose.
“don't think that Justin Gaethje can't win. Like anybody can lose in an MMA fight.”
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Eliminating MMA weight cutting would improve fighter performances by about 20%.
“If they change weight cutting, if they cut all weight, cutting out of MMA, you'd have like 20% better performances.”
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Twenty-four hours of rehydration is insufficient to restore fighters’ dehydrated brains.
“a lot of these guys, like their brain is still dehydrated when they're in there fighting. It's only 24 hours after they rehydrate. That's not enough time to get to the brain.”
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Travis Lutter was among the first truly elite modern Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts.
“Travis was a beast. He was one of the first, like, truly elite Brazilian Jiu jitsu black belts in like the modern era”
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Medical technology is nearing effective repair of damaged knees.
“They're getting real close to fixing, real close.”
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New injectable knee gels can replace the meniscus.
“They're injecting, like different kinds of gels in people's knees now that re replace the meniscus.”
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New stem-cell therapy can stimulate better cartilage regeneration from inside bone.
“they're also doing some new stem cell therapy where they go into the bone itself and it regenerates cartilage better.”
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Joey Diaz would have delayed knee surgery in favor of stem cells and BPC.
“I would have waited, shot it with stem cell, BPC'd it.”
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Nootropics improve brain function without increasing intelligence.
“there's a difference between taking nootropics and not taking them. It's not going to make you smarter, but it'll make your brain function at a better level.”
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The brain uses ketones to support focus.
“Your brain uses ketones for focus.”
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A carnivore diet improves Joe Rogan’s perceived cognitive performance.
“when I'm eating like clean. If I'm eating like Carnivore, just eggs and steak, my brain works better 100”
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Family financial responsibilities can prevent pursuing a stand-up comedy career.
“if I had a kid and I had a wife, there's no way I would have done it. There's no way I would have to have gotten a job.”
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Having $10 million does not necessarily make people better.
“Everybody thinks $10 million is going to change their life and make them a better person. It's not.”
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The Internet and podcasts enabled Joey Diaz to break through by showing his authentic personality.
“when the Internet came around and we started doing podcasts, I'm like, this is the way that Joey's gonna break because they'll get to see the real you.”
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Marlon Brando used cue cards to make his acting sound more organic.
“he wanted it to be organic. He didn't want it to sound like those fucking lines this rider wrote.”
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A five-day hospital stay can be dangerous because of low protein and inactivity.
“Like five days stay in a hospital could fucking kill you. Just because again, there's not that much protein. You're not getting 150 grams of protein a day and you're not moving”
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Strengthening surrounding muscles is important before knee surgery.
“You can't just go in there and not strengthen the little muscles around the area.”
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Repeated cortisone injections can degrade tendons.
“With cortisone, you can only do that so many times for like, joints. Like, it can degrade tendons and stuff.”
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Hyperbaric chamber sessions helped Joey Diaz recover after surgery.
“I'll tell you what else I did after the surgery that worked. Hyperbaric chamber.”
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Joey Diaz thinks low oxygen levels may help him burn fat.
“I think lack of oxygen is helping me burn fat”
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Tattoo ink can interfere with wearable heart-rate readings.
“I can't read through the tattoo because the ink's in the way.”
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Occasional psilocybin use can promote self-reflection and life evaluation.
“eating those mushrooms from time to time makes you step out like THC does and makes you look at your yourself and make like a judgment call on what the fuck you're doing with your life.”
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Psilocybin should be legalized and taxed at 100 percent.
“Make it legal. Tax at 100%.”
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The UFC greatly expanded Brazilian jiu-jitsu access and popularity.
“And who's that because of? That's because of the ufc, man. It just blew it the fuck around wide open.”
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People trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu can neutralize attackers without necessarily escalating violence.
“Anybody who studies Jiu Jitsu ain't gonna bully you, okay? They're gonna neutralize you on the street.”
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Large data centers require substantial nuclear power and water consumption.
“Why are you building these things that need to be powered by nuclear reactors? Why you do. Why are you building these things that are sucking up all the water?”
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Joey Diaz predicts Cuba has only two weeks remaining in its current situation.
“Cuba's got two weeks left. Two weeks from today.”
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Joey Diaz predicts a US invasion of Cuba.
“Yeah, they're gonna invade.”
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Cuban citizens should use distributed weapons to take over the country.
“Which they should do. That's what they fucking should do.”
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American interests will restore gambling in Cuba if it reopens.
“They're going to put gambling back there. You know the Americans are going to put gambling back there.”
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Cuba’s surrounding waters contain mines extending up to one mile offshore.
“those oceans are booby trapped up to a mile out of Cuba. There's a ton of shit that they have booby trap mines”
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Trump’s presence in Florida has changed flight routing to Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
“Because Trump is down there now, so they go a different way now.”
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Cuba represents a major casino opportunity amid poor U.S. casino performance.
“If you're a casino right now, with how bad casinos are doing here, you're looking at that right there.”
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Air support was critical to the Bay of Pigs invasion’s success.
“And air support was critical to the success of the mission.”
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The Mafia’s efforts against Castro were motivated by money.
“That's all it was. It was money.”
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Batista was no better than Castro as a ruler of Cuba.
“Batista was horrible. Batista was fucking no better than Castro.”
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Castro’s takeover led to the closure and destruction of Cuba’s casinos.
“when he took over Cuba, that's when he shut the casino casinos down. He destroyed the fucking casinos”
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Hostaria’s chef can prepare dishes beyond the standard menu.
“he has a menu. But then he'll go, joey, have you tasted my Italian fried rice?”
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Joey Diaz favors Mikey Sherrill because she is a Democrat.
“I do like Mikey Sherrill. Cause she's a Democrat.”
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A Republican candidacy in New Jersey is unlikely to succeed.
“He tried to a Republican in Jersey. That's never gonna fucking work.”
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