President Donald Trump broke with generations of tradition with his executive order last month to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug under federal law.
But as Politico and recent polling pointed out, Trump also defied voters and lawmakers within the MAGA movement and the Republican Party, many of whom want to keep cannabis’ status quo intact.
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Key lawmakers who begged Trump not to reschedule marijuana include House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana; Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barasso, the majority whip; and U.S. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, chair of the far-right Freedom Caucus and key author of the House language banning hemp-derived THC.
Some observers have speculated that Trump embraced marijuana rescheduling as a way to entice voters ahead of November’s midterm
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