Regulation on the Joe Rogan Experience

“the FDA for new drug, for new drug approvals, it's like 65% of that budget comes from the pharmaceutical industry itself. So they're like, they're paying to re…”

Baker claims about 65% of the FDA's new-drug-approval budget comes from pharmaceutical industry user fees.

“It's sprayed with 10,000 chemicals that are allowed in the United States when only 400 are allowed in Europe.”

Calley Means claims 10,000 chemicals are allowed in US food while only 400 are allowed in Europe.

“But in 1976, when they had this, you know, really bad flu shot that they did the same thing with, they did a global rollout and everybody had to take it. And t…”

Kennedy claims the 1976 swine flu vaccine was pulled from the market after only 25 reported deaths, implying a much lower bar for pulling that vaccine than modern COVID vaccines faced.

“The auto industry fought seatbelts, I think, for more than a decade. Successfully fought any regulations on seatbelts, even though the numbers were extremely o…”

Musk claims the auto industry successfully fought seatbelt safety regulations for more than a decade despite clear evidence of their life-saving benefit.

“It's technically not legal for someone to inject you with your own stem cells into your bloodstream, but if you get your stem cells extracted and they're store…”

Greenfield claims that while a clinic legally cannot inject a person's own stored stem cells into their bloodstream, it is legal for the person to inject the cells into themselves after the clinic mails the cells to their home.

“For example, almost 50% of FDA's budget comes from pharmaceutical companies. They're not working for us. They're working for the pharmaceutical company with CD…”

Kennedy claims nearly 50% of the FDA's budget comes from pharmaceutical companies via user fees, implying regulatory capture.