The head of the major gardening supply company Scotts Miracle-Gro says President Donald Trump called a proposal to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II—rather than Schedule III, as he ultimately directed last week—a “half-assed” move amid “hardcore arguing” in discussions about the reform.
Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn—whose Hawthorne Gardening Company unit provides supplies for cannabis growers—told NewsNation that a two hour and 15 minute meeting in the Oval Office about rescheduling this month was “insane,” with heated debate over the policy change “led by the president.”
“I could see that the president was sympathetic, but I could also see there was tension in the air. He led the meeting,” he said. “The president rightfully said, ‘We’re not doing [Schedule II]—II is a half-assed version of III. We’re doing III or we do nothing.’”
Hagedorn—who said back in August that Trump had told him directly “multiple times” that he intended to see through the marijuana rescheduling process—took some credit for the president’s decision to sign an executive order directing the attorney general to complete the marijuana rescheduling process.
He said that, “if it hadn’t been our willingness to stand behind it and see it through,” the Hawthorne Gardening
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