Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to move forward with the rescheduling of marijuana, and it represents a notable acknowledgment that federal cannabis policy has fallen out of step with science, state law, and public reality. The order instructs the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to complete the process of rescheduling marijuana’s classification under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), while simultaneously expanding federal support for medical marijuana and cannabidiol research.
It is a meaningful shift — but an incomplete one. Rescheduling marijuana is progress. Descheduling it is what public safety and law enforcement actually require.
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