Donald Trump’s remark on Monday that his administration is “looking at” reclassifying marijuana so that it’s on a schedule for less-dangerous drugs had some cannabis insiders blooming with optimism.
During a Monday press conference, the president said his administration would determine over the next few weeks whether to move cannabis from Schedule I classification, which the federal government defines as drugs that are highly addictive and without FDA-approved medical use, to Schedule III, which includes drugs like steroids that can be accessed with a prescription.
“We’ll make a determination over the next few weeks,” Trump said.
Cannabis insiders hope the president isn’t just blowing smoke about a possible schedule change because, frankly, Trump has been of two minds about weed.
On one hand, he upheld the federal prohibition of cannabis during his first term in office, but didn’t go after states with legal cannabis laws.
