Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Trump Reclassifies Marijuana as Schedule III Drug
President Trump signed an order to change the classification of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.
This means it will be considered less dangerous and have more accepted medical uses, like drugs such as ketamine.
The change is meant to help with medical research and doesn't legalize it for fun use.
Many states already allow medical and recreational marijuana, but this change could make it easier to study and tax.
The order tells the Attorney General to speed up the process, which the previous administration had started but not finished.
President Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.
Schedule III drugs have accepted medical uses and lower abuse potential, like ketamine and codeine-Tylenol.
The reclassification aims to encourage medical research and lower barriers to study cannabis.
The change does not legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Dozens of states already have legal medical marijuana programs, and many also allow recreational use.
- Who
- President Donald Trump
- What
- Signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Oval Office
- Why
- To encourage medical research and lower barriers to research
- Current Classification
- Schedule I
- New Classification
- Schedule III
- Examples of Schedule III Drugs
- Ketamine, codeine-Tylenol, anabolic steroids
- Purpose of Reclassification
- Encourage medical research and lower barriers to research
- Impact on Recreational Use
- Not legalized, remains restricted
- States with Legal Medical Marijuana
- Dozens
- States with Legal Recreational Marijuana
- Many
- Potential Ripple Effects
- Lower barriers to research, major tax implications for cannabis companies
Sources
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