US EditionPresident Trump Considers Reclassifying Marijuana, Opening Door to Expanded Research
More than 20 Senate Republicans warn that marijuana rescheduling risks public health and safety and could benefit foreign adversaries, urging President Trump to reject the proposal.
- Last week, Sen. Ted Budd and more than 20 Republican senators urged President Donald Trump to abandon plans to reclassify marijuana, as reports say he may sign an order on Thursday.
- Reports last week indicated President Donald Trump was weighing an executive order to downgrade marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, and a senior White House official said the order would classify it as less addictive.
- SAMHSA studies link marijuana to depression, anxiety, suicide planning, and psychotic episodes, while DEA classifies drugs by abuse potential and medical use, citing marijuana's high abuse risk.
- Reclassifying would allow more research and could extend protections and tax breaks to state-licensed dispensaries, and the letter was signed by more than 20 Republicans including Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso , Sen. Jim Banks , Sen. Tommy Tuberville , and Sen. Bill Hagerty .
- Reclassification would shift marijuana from its 1970 Schedule I status to Schedule III with ketamine and Tylenol with codeine, and senators warned it would undermine efforts to Make America Great Again benefiting Communist China.
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Trump's weed plan faces revolt from his own party in Congress
Twenty-six House Republicans are demanding that Trump abandon his plan to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, which would put it in the same category as certain types of Tylenol and anabolic steroids. According to Fox News, Rep. — Read the rest The post Trump's weed plan faces revolt from his own party in Congress appeared first on Boing Boing.
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GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Not To Reschedule Marijuana In Last-Ditch Effort To Block Historic Reform
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Trump's marijuana plan sparks mass Senate GOP revolt citing 'link' to mass shootings
President Donald Trump's proposal to relax the federal classification of marijuana is already running into opposition within his own party.Last week, reporting indicated that Trump is mulling an executive order directing drug enforcement officials to downgrade marijuana from Schedule I, the highest ...
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