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/
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msongs
(72,391 posts)Response to msongs (Reply #1)
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DonCoquixote
(13,927 posts)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)I know a lot of very educated folks that prefer weed over alcohol.
And $10 he never does it...
Zorro
(17,878 posts)I remember that time well.
DiverDave
(5,172 posts)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.
mwb970
(11,949 posts)joanbarnes
(2,034 posts)walkingman
(9,832 posts)Bengus81
(9,366 posts)calimary
(87,822 posts)And hes the biggest, most relentless, and most consistent liar the world has ever seen.
BidenRocks
(2,194 posts)Awshits! I'll believe it when the Sharpie is dry.
The stopped clock principle.
Marie Marie
(10,536 posts)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)...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)Behind the scenes, he'll get a cut behind the sales of distribution licenses for millions, probably.
myohmy2
(3,676 posts)...a broken clock is right twice a day...
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mikewv
(194 posts)My oldest brother is totally against any form of legalizing pot. He would not by happy
cadoman
(1,617 posts)Is the thing that finally cost him his relationship with the MAGAt faithful.
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)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.
republianmushroom
(21,371 posts)EarthFirst
(3,813 posts)
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.
Im willing to bet these two run deep with influencing TSF on this
IbogaProject
(4,967 posts)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)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)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)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)He lied...about everything... including timelines.
Unless his daughter has a pending federal weed charge, why would he follow thru on this.
IronLionZion
(49,901 posts)Dude is doing whatever he can to distract us
BradBo
(776 posts)PSPS
(14,918 posts)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)marble falls
(68,531 posts)Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)With his bestie jeffrey epstein, and maxwell he would get horny for kids, because hes a pedophile
marble falls
(68,531 posts)C Moon
(13,177 posts)OverBurn
(1,275 posts)Biden/Harris should have ran on doing this, maybe it would have got more people out to vote.
BumRushDaShow
(160,136 posts)that was PUT ON HOLD BY 45 and Harris DID run on this as policy.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143233494
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143241475
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143299484
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143315425
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143322396
kkmarie
(322 posts)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)You know...the old "gateway drug" excuse and then no doubt run off to a three martini lunch.
Old Crank
(6,219 posts)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.
NowsTheTime
(1,200 posts)throwing bones.....forgets about it in a little bit
Javaman
(64,479 posts)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)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)More Epstein diversion shit,different day.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,320 posts)thebigidea
(13,528 posts)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.
Mysterian
(5,927 posts)Jesus fucking christ.
BumRushDaShow
(160,136 posts)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".
Mysterian
(5,927 posts)It's no fucking excuse.