Marijuana will be federally rescheduled under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday.
The directive also aims to address federal hemp laws to promote access to full-spectrum CBD that could be covered under federal health insurance plans.
Months after Trump said a decision on the cannabis reform proposal was imminent, the president issued the directive for agencies to begin moving forward with the plan to transfer cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
“We have people begging for me to do this, people that are in great pain for decades,” Trump said. “This action has been requested by American patients suffering from extreme pain, incurable diseases, aggressive cancers, seizure disorders, neurological problems and more—including numerous veterans with service-related injuries and older Americans who live with chronic medical problems that severely degrade their quality of life.”
The president emphasized that his order “doesn’t legalize marijuana in any way, shape or form, and in no way sanctions its use as a recreational drug.”
This marks one of the most significant developments in federal marijuana policy since its prohibition a half a century ago, with a Schedule III reclassification recognizing that marijuana has medical
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