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How Trump's cannabis executive order could benefit medical research
NBC Newsยท 2025-12-18 20:30
Just a short time ago, President Trump announced a new change on cannabis policy. In an executive order signed this afternoon, the president laid out his intention to reclassify cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act. Right now, cannabis is a schedule one substance along with drugs like heroin, LSD.Under the law, these drugs are considered to have the highest potential for abuse and no medical use. Under the executive order, cannabis would now become a schedule three substance, falling into the same c ...