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BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:38 PM Aug 11

Trump says he's looking at reclassifying marijuana at federal level

Source: USA Today

Updated Aug. 11, 2025, 6:35 p.m. ET


President Donald Trump said his administration is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. "We're looking at reclassification and we'll make a determination over the next few weeks," Trump said at news conference August 11. Though 45 states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, the federal government still classifies it as a Schedule I drug.

Schedule I drugs are defined as highly dangerous, addictive and without medical use. Marijuana has belonged to this class of drugs since the Controlled Substances Act was signed in 1970. If reclassified, marijuana would be treated the same as drugs like Tylenol with codeine and anabolic steroids, which can be prescribed by licensed health care providers and dispensed by licensed pharmacies.

Reclassifying marijuana would be the biggest change in marijuana policy the federal government has taken since the drug was first outlawed, but it would not make recreational usage legal under federal law.

The move began in 2022, when then-President Joe Biden asked the Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration to review how marijuana is scheduled. In 2023, Health and Human Services recommended that marijuana be moved to Schedule III. In 2024, DEA proposed a rule to transfer marijuana to Schedule III. That rule change has been on hold since March 2025.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/trump-considering-reclassifying-marijuana/85610334007/



NOTE from the excerpts -

The move began in 2022, when then-President Joe Biden asked the Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration to review how marijuana is scheduled. In 2023, Health and Human Services recommended that marijuana be moved to Schedule III. In 2024, DEA proposed a rule to transfer marijuana to Schedule III. That rule change has been on hold since March 2025.
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Trump says he's looking at reclassifying marijuana at federal level (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 11 OP
going after the druggie vote. smart move. nt msongs Aug 11 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author EYESORE 9001 Aug 11 #4
liek eveything, there is an underbelly DonCoquixote Aug 11 #17
ridiculous statement berksdem Aug 12 #45
Classifying MJ as a Schedule 1 drug was Nixon's big FU to college students Zorro Aug 11 #2
And the Black folks. DiverDave Aug 11 #15
Nice try. mwb970 Aug 11 #3
So, it takes Jeffrey Epstein's 'suicide' to finally get this done? joanbarnes Aug 11 #5
Trump says a lot of stuff - most is totally meaningless. walkingman Aug 11 #6
Still waiting on his health care plan,middle class tax cut and the tariff dividend. Any day now...... Bengus81 Aug 12 #39
Yeah. Let's not forget that about him. calimary Aug 12 #42
One attaboy doesn't even come close to erasing all the BidenRocks Aug 11 #7
Until then, many people say that Jeffrey Epstein and his "friends" used to smoke weed when it was illegal. Marie Marie Aug 11 #8
...and that would be the ONLY good thing he's ever done RussBLib Aug 11 #9
Sure, he'll do a good thing if he (I mean his 'trust') gets to invest in it & gets a lifetime percentage of the profits ancianita Aug 11 #20
even... myohmy2 Aug 11 #10
LOL. He would definitely lose my MAGA brother... mikewv Aug 11 #11
it'd sure be ironic if the only good thing Krasnov ever did cadoman Aug 11 #16
Sadly Hornedfrog2000 Aug 12 #32
This is mainly moving forward due to pressure from the banks Prairie Gates Aug 11 #12
More distraction from Epstein republianmushroom Aug 11 #13
Boris Jordan; Russian-American founder and executive chairman of Curaleaf EarthFirst Aug 11 #14
Schedule III IbogaProject Aug 11 #18
The only thing i have seen in the hospital Hornedfrog2000 Aug 12 #33
That is a type of panic attack IbogaProject Aug 12 #44
Don has lost his mind azureblue Aug 11 #19
Next few weeks like infrastructure and health care plans...fixing inflation etc JT45242 Aug 11 #21
Those Epstein files must be very incriminating IronLionZion Aug 11 #22
Americas so dumb that will get him more support. BradBo Aug 11 #23
Look! New shiny keys!! FORGET THE EPSTEIN FILES!!111!!11!1!!1!!@ PSPS Aug 11 #24
Well now I'm 100% convinced he's not only in those files but there's some real dirt there lol FF!!!! n/t Cheezoholic Aug 11 #25
this is the first step of putting pot production and sales into the hands of Big Pharma. marble falls Aug 11 #26
Trump says when he used to smoke weed Hornedfrog2000 Aug 12 #27
Link? marble falls Aug 12 #37
Let me guess: he's investing in edibles. Or someone he's close to is. C Moon Aug 12 #28
It should be legal everywhere. I wish Biden had done it. OverBurn Aug 12 #29
He DID start it and followed the Rules process BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #30
Reefer Madness kkmarie Aug 12 #31
The Kansas Legislature run by nothing but republicans votes down medical MJ yearly Bengus81 Aug 12 #41
I was just thinking about this issue. Old Crank Aug 12 #34
playing games NowsTheTime Aug 12 #35
he isn't going to do it. Javaman Aug 12 #36
Once again Donnie Rotten leads from behind. augyboston Aug 12 #38
Funny...from a guy who claims he's never had a drink or taken drugs. Bengus81 Aug 12 #40
Should take about 2 weeks! IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 12 #43
Bullshit. He won't do anything, just like he didn't do anything last time thebigidea Aug 12 #46
Why didn't Biden get this done? Mysterian Aug 12 #47
See this post BumRushDaShow Aug 12 #48
I know all about the rules process Mysterian Aug 14 #49

Response to msongs (Reply #1)

DonCoquixote

(13,927 posts)
17. liek eveything, there is an underbelly
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:52 PM
Aug 11

YOu know that Philip morros and rj reynolds have everything backed up , no ay they will let black and brown off of that [ipe;ine to prisonm

berksdem

(846 posts)
45. ridiculous statement
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:37 PM
Aug 12

I know a lot of very educated folks that prefer weed over alcohol.

And $10 he never does it...

Zorro

(17,878 posts)
2. Classifying MJ as a Schedule 1 drug was Nixon's big FU to college students
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:47 PM
Aug 11

I remember that time well.

DiverDave

(5,172 posts)
15. And the Black folks.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:16 PM
Aug 11

The millions of lives that were ruined. By that fuck, nixon.
All because he hated anti-war protesters and the Black Panthers.
Such a cruel waste of people's lives.

Bengus81

(9,366 posts)
39. Still waiting on his health care plan,middle class tax cut and the tariff dividend. Any day now......
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:21 AM
Aug 12

calimary

(87,822 posts)
42. Yeah. Let's not forget that about him.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:40 AM
Aug 12

And he’s the biggest, most relentless, and most consistent liar the world has ever seen.

BidenRocks

(2,194 posts)
7. One attaboy doesn't even come close to erasing all the
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:05 PM
Aug 11

Awshits! I'll believe it when the Sharpie is dry.

The stopped clock principle.

Marie Marie

(10,536 posts)
8. Until then, many people say that Jeffrey Epstein and his "friends" used to smoke weed when it was illegal.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:21 PM
Aug 11

Also passed around a lot of coke. We have a right to know... RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!! How's that for right wing "full-circling"or as Trump calls it, weaving.

RussBLib

(10,143 posts)
9. ...and that would be the ONLY good thing he's ever done
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:24 PM
Aug 11

...but I doubt that he'd do this. Would be totally out of character. And as others have said, even if he did, that would not nearly make up for all the horrid shit he's pulled.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

ancianita

(41,788 posts)
20. Sure, he'll do a good thing if he (I mean his 'trust') gets to invest in it & gets a lifetime percentage of the profits
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:33 PM
Aug 11

Behind the scenes, he'll get a cut behind the sales of distribution licenses for millions, probably.

mikewv

(194 posts)
11. LOL. He would definitely lose my MAGA brother...
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:40 PM
Aug 11

My oldest brother is totally against any form of legalizing pot. He would not by happy

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
16. it'd sure be ironic if the only good thing Krasnov ever did
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:28 PM
Aug 11

Is the thing that finally cost him his relationship with the MAGAt faithful.

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
32. Sadly
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:04 AM
Aug 12

Most younger maga, are complete drug addicts so they will eat this up. I feel it should be legal, but so do cocaine sniffing maga man children

Prairie Gates

(6,271 posts)
12. This is mainly moving forward due to pressure from the banks
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:50 PM
Aug 11

You have a multibillion dollar legal cannabis industry in the US that faces severe restrictions in moving money through banks due to the Schedule 1 designation. Everybody wants clarity on the banking side. In many states you can go into a store and buy high quality flower or edibles at 8 in the morning, but that business has trouble with the deposit and capital investment side of things.

EarthFirst

(3,813 posts)
14. Boris Jordan; Russian-American founder and executive chairman of Curaleaf
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:07 PM
Aug 11

…has much to say about TSF and his cannabis reform aspirations on declassification and SAFER Banking Act.

His brother Nicolas; co-headed Russian investments with Deutsche Bank before moving on to Lehman investments Moscow operations; then to operations for UBS and Goldman Moscow investment operations.

The Russian banking ties run deep with Trump.

I’m willing to bet these two run deep with influencing TSF on this…

IbogaProject

(4,967 posts)
18. Schedule III
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:58 PM
Aug 11

Isn't far enough. It has nearly zero acute toxicity. The only toxic effect is a panic attack. Most of it's "dangers" are from its prohibition.

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
33. The only thing i have seen in the hospital
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:07 AM
Aug 12

Is that there are a few people who are actually allergic to it, but then they probably shouldnt use it... They will debate you on this fact even though it makes them throw up, and nauseous.

IbogaProject

(4,967 posts)
44. That is a type of panic attack
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:36 AM
Aug 12

The "treatment" for that cannabis induced severe nausea is a hot shower. I say since it isn't treated with any annadote that points to that bad effect being phychological.

azureblue

(2,559 posts)
19. Don has lost his mind
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:20 PM
Aug 11

And he is flailing in all directions to distract from the Epstein files. It's driving him crazy..

PS The youtube vid feeds are getting full of RW / Fox propaganda, all designed to distract..

Trump is a child rapist, a human trafficker, and a money launderer. And putin has vids of his fat ass...

JT45242

(3,625 posts)
21. Next few weeks like infrastructure and health care plans...fixing inflation etc
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:38 PM
Aug 11

He lied...about everything... including timelines.

Unless his daughter has a pending federal weed charge, why would he follow thru on this.

PSPS

(14,918 posts)
24. Look! New shiny keys!! FORGET THE EPSTEIN FILES!!111!!11!1!!1!!@
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:27 PM
Aug 11

I've already federalized the DC police, meeting with BFF putin in alaska, fired honest people at BLS, my worm-brain guy is discontinuing vaccines, and a lot of other things. Maybe this pot thing will do it!!11! It sure seemed to work on epstein's island!! Oh, wait. I shouldn't have said that. I guess I'll send the NG into some "democrat" cities now to make more new shiny keys for the supine media.

Cheezoholic

(3,288 posts)
25. Well now I'm 100% convinced he's not only in those files but there's some real dirt there lol FF!!!! n/t
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:28 PM
Aug 11
 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
27. Trump says when he used to smoke weed
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:36 AM
Aug 12

With his bestie jeffrey epstein, and maxwell he would get horny for kids, because hes a pedophile

OverBurn

(1,275 posts)
29. It should be legal everywhere. I wish Biden had done it.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:33 AM
Aug 12

Biden/Harris should have ran on doing this, maybe it would have got more people out to vote.

kkmarie

(322 posts)
31. Reefer Madness
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:00 AM
Aug 12

Out of all the off the wall batshit crazy fascist things he's doing, he throws this out there. As stated in other posts this has to be some type of Krasnov grift. Krasnov wants a piece of the action.

And the magas are going to hate this. The ones who are overlooking his pedophilia and still supporting him, he will lose because of this.

https://www.fool.com/research/marijuana-tax-revenue-by-state/

Bengus81

(9,366 posts)
41. The Kansas Legislature run by nothing but republicans votes down medical MJ yearly
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:26 AM
Aug 12

You know...the old "gateway drug" excuse and then no doubt run off to a three martini lunch.

Old Crank

(6,219 posts)
34. I was just thinking about this issue.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 06:28 AM
Aug 12

I was expecting it to die in the bowels of this administration.
He must be desperate and wants credit for something else started before his term.

Javaman

(64,479 posts)
36. he isn't going to do it.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:32 AM
Aug 12

just another thing he's dangling in the face of the mouth breathing morons.

many a red state would through a shit fit over this, but if have noticed, none of them have said a thing.

because it's all bullshit.

augyboston

(372 posts)
38. Once again Donnie Rotten leads from behind.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:17 AM
Aug 12

It is long past time that the "evil weed" be legalized nationally.

Just being able to pay for my bi-monthly supply with a debit or credit card would be much more convenient than dealing with cash.

Bengus81

(9,366 posts)
40. Funny...from a guy who claims he's never had a drink or taken drugs.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:23 AM
Aug 12

More Epstein diversion shit,different day.

thebigidea

(13,528 posts)
46. Bullshit. He won't do anything, just like he didn't do anything last time
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:55 PM
Aug 12

Despite all the liars on reddit claiming he was better for marijuana than Biden. The GOP never has been, just a handful of purple state outliers who are outvoted. The GOP on average is bad for marijuana and will continue being bad.

BumRushDaShow

(160,136 posts)
48. See this post
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 04:14 PM
Aug 12
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3511399

and particularly this - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143241475

There is a "Rules process" including posting the changes on the Federal Register for comments. The final Rule was put on HOLD by 45.

As they say - "elections have consequences".
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