The owner of the major gardening supply company Scotts Miracle-Gro says President Donald Trump has told him directly “multiple times” since taking office that he intends to see through the marijuana rescheduling process.
While the president has been publicly silent on the issue since endorsing rescheduling on the campaign trail, Scotts Miracle Gro CEO James Hagedorn told Fox Business in an interview on Thursday that Trump has privately assured him and others that he still plans to facilitate the cannabis reform.
Hagedorn, whose company has a cannabis-focused unit and has long backed ending federal marijuana prohibition altogether, was asked whether he has any concerns that the newly confirmed head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Terrance Cole, declined to include rescheduling in a list of top priorities for the agency after being sworn in.
“Well, I think he’s a career law enforcement guy. I’m not surprised by it,” Hagedorn said. “I think there’s one person who could change it, and he’s told me and others that he will—and that’s the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who I’m a major fan of.”
“I think what [Cole] needs to hear is a call from the president or the chief of
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