Marijuana can “make people feel much better” and serve as a “substitute for addictive and potentially lethal opioid painkillers,” President Donald Trump said on Thursday as he issued an executive order to federally reschedule cannabis and promote access to CBD for therapeutic purposes. He clarified, however, that he personally has no interest in using marijuana himself.
Although the president emphasized that he’s repeatedly lectured his children about abstaining from drug use, he said that “the facts compel the federal government to recognize that marijuana can be legitimate in terms of medical applications when carefully administered.”
“In some cases, this may include the use [of cannabis] as a substitute for addictive and potentially lethal opioid painkillers—they cause tremendous problems,” he said, surrounded by health officials, industry stakeholders and advocates. “This can do it in a much lesser way—can make people feel much better that are living through tremendous pain and problems.”
That said, Trump made clear that he has no plans to use cannabis.
“I don’t want it,” he said. “I’m not going to be taking it, but a lot of people do want it. A lot of people need it.”
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