Standup comic Joe Rogan became an overnight sensation when he began hosting Fear Factor in 2001. He'd previously appeared as handyman Joe Garelli on NewsRadio from 1995-1999. He's a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and also hosts Game Show in My Head. And when Rogan isn't on TV, he's constantly touring nightclubs.

Born in New Jersey on Aug. 11, 1967, Rogan first got our attention in 2003 when he hosted the Doobie Awards. He'd made some pro-pot comments and was hired to anchor the smoke-filled awards show.

Rogan often writes about marijuana on his blog:

"Cigarettes kill over 400,000 people a year in this country alone. Alcohol kills over 75,000. 150 people die all over the world each year because coconuts fall on their fucking heads. Marijuana? 0. That’s 0 - EVER.

"The estimated amount of marijuana that you would have to smoke to kill yourself is somewhere around 1,500 pounds. That’s all just an estimate really, because researchers have never been able to successfully give an animal enough pot to kill them.

"There are a lot of horrible, evil drugs out there in this world that can ruin a person’s life and tear families to pieces when one of its members is caught in its ruthless clutch and they should be eradicated from our society. Marijuana isn’t one of them.

"It’s time to finally end all this stupid shit and let grown adults have the freedom to choose what experiences they’re going to have. That’s really what it boils down to at the end of the day; it’s just an experience. If it’s not going to kill you, what is it going to do? It’s going to give you a very particular experience that you’re not going to find any other way.

"It’s a plant that gives you a different perspective. It’s a turbo charger for your imagination, it soothes pain and calms nerves, it makes sex feel 100 times better, it makes you more compassionate and more affectionate, it connects you to nature in a way that makes you feel like you’re seeing the world for the very first time, it’s the source of 99% of the comedy I write, and it’s never killed a single person - EVER.

"All that, and if they catch you with it they can lock you in a cage. If that’s not fucked, I don’t know what is. It seems like a frivolous issue, but I truly believe that legalization would completely change the direction of our society."

In February, Rogan wrote an open letter to Kellogg's:

"I’m writing this letter to express my disappointment in your company in firing Michael Phelps as a spokesperson for your products because he was photographed while enjoying some marijuana..."

Rogan, who's also a big fan of the hallucinogen DMT, appears in the documentary, The Union: The Business Behind Getting High.


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Comments (2)

2 Sunday, 04 October 2009 15:36

Meg

I love Joe Rogan for saying that. It's so completely true

1 Friday, 28 August 2009 20:08

jamez

Jesus , turned water to wine (( a miracle )) but does that give us the right to kill 1000's of people with this poison , that used to be a miracle ........

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