President Donald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer and his long-time advisor Roger Stone are trading diverging takes on the prospect of the administration moving forward on marijuana rescheduling.
Days after Stone made the case for reform in an op-ed for Marijuana Moment, he discussed why he believes Trump will make good on rescheduling during an interview on The Sean Spicer Show that aired on Tuesday.
Spicer says he’s not convinced, however, arguing that the president has been “very clear” about his personal philosophy: “No drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no tattoos.”
“Explain to me why you think Donald Trump, of all people, is going to declassify pot,” he said. “And as a conservative, Roger, prior to this big crackdown in D.C., walking through the city—whether it’s D.C. or New York—I’m tired of smelling urine and pot on every single block. It’s disgusting, and I don’t know why we’d want to decriminalize it, never mind why Donald Trump would want to do it.”
While Stone has pushed for broad federal legalization, the reform that’s currently on the table would simply move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Trump endorsed the policy change on
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