President Trump Signs E.O. to Reschedule Cannabis

Friday, December 19, 2025

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to move marijuana from Schedule I, a category reserved for illegal drugs such as heroin and LSD, to Schedule III ...

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Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to downgrade cannabis from the most restrictive category of drugs, easing research and other restrictions but falling short of legalizing marijuana.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Dec 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Another cynical ploy to bribe a voting segment into his column.

He prolly bought stock in munchies first.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-18 04:30 PM | Reply

Will this mean the dispensary will now be able to accept Credit Cards?

#2 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-12-18 06:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Inhale To The Chief!

(That was the name of the annual legalize pot rally in D.C. during the Clinton years.)

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-18 06:27 PM | Reply

Cannibis should have never been classified at the same level as other Scedule Level 1 drugs,, a category reserved for illegal drugs such as heroin and LSD.

Is cannibus perfectly OK, imo, no.

Should it be used responsibly?

imo, yes.

At this point, I view alcohol and cannibis around the same level ...

That is, the problem is not necessarily the use, but the problem is the abuse.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-18 08:25 PM | Reply

Hard to run into the back of a car at 85mph while high.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-18 10:33 PM | Reply

"Is cannibus perfectly OK, imo, no."

Then you are doing it wrong.

No drug is "perfectly ok".. a person can die from a teaspoon of water.

Even drugs that can literally save lives can have negative side effects.

(See any drug commercial/ad for details.)

Cannabis works perfectly fine for me.

And no we are not discussing my personal medical conditions or why I use it. Suffice it to say it works for me.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-19 04:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Will this mean the dispensary will now be able to accept Credit Cards?"

Excellent question. The answer should be yes. But we'll see.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-19 04:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Given that this exact issue is what was keeping the industry from opening proper banking, and payment accounts I would assume it should open the way for CC payment.

Given the laws forced payments basically under the table, big brother must have figured out they are missing out on tax revenue here.

#8 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-12-19 04:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#8 | Posted by kwrx25

Blind squirrel will occasionally find an acorn...

#9 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-19 04:27 PM | Reply

Given that this exact issue is what was keeping the industry from opening proper banking, and payment accounts I would assume it should open the way for CC payment.

#8 | Posted by kwrx25

I doubt it. The financial system would probably want more certainty than an EO to make such changes.

#10 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-12-19 05:35 PM | Reply

^#4 "That is, the problem is not necessarily the use, but the problem is the abuse"

And, the abusers are a small fraction from those that take it responsibly. Least we should watch out for the abusers and don't let them ruin it for the rest.

#11 | Posted by path at 2025-12-19 05:50 PM | Reply

I don't often have the opportunity to do something like this, but I have to give credit where credit is due...

Trump Signs Executive Order To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

Now it's still unclear if this is going to change the banking rules about how money is handled which is generated from the legal sale (on a state by state basis) of marijuana.

And we also need to note that during the Biden administration, Biden tried to do the same thing but failed to get sufficient support from his own party. With that in mind, Trump may find himself in that same situation since it may take an act of Congress to actually get this done.

Disclaimer: My support for this reclassification has nothing to do with any personal situation on my part as I've never smoked (except for some possible second-hand smoke) nor ingested any marijuana ever in my life, nor do I expect to start, because of something like this.

OCU

#12 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-12-19 06:59 PM | Reply

is an EO all it takes?

Could an EO legalize acid?

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-19 07:15 PM | Reply

is an EO all it takes?

It's temporary. Like his other 224 EOs.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-19 08:41 PM | Reply

"Is cannibus perfectly OK, imo, no."

Why not?

I don't do it, but I don't know of anyone who has ever overdosed on THC. I would prefer my kids chomp gummies than slug back vodka.

I'll be upfront. I'm probably an alcoholic. If it weren't for my job, I'd probably be chewing gummies myself. But my job has rules against the use of THC. There are no rules against alcohol. And being upfront again, I don't think I'm that different from my peers. It's just the life we wandered into.

#15 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-12-20 06:57 AM | Reply

"Could an EO legalize acid?"

LSD is maybe the safest drug one could possibly do. It makes no sense that it is illegal.

#16 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-12-20 07:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"LSD is maybe the safest drug one could possibly do."

Please explain. Thanks.

#17 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-20 07:10 AM | Reply

It's temporary. Like his other 224 EOs.

#14 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2025-12-19 08:41 PM

Biden could have signed an EO. Obama could have. Clinton could have.

It's funny watching liberals look for ways to criticize this. When the very people they voted for wouldn't touch it.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-20 07:48 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's funny watching liberals look for ways to criticize this.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds

When you correctly see it as more evidence of Trump desperation, of course it's funny.

The next thing you know, Trump will be stealing from housing funds to send servicemen $1776 bribes.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-20 08:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

When you correctly see it as more evidence of Trump desperation, of course it's funny.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-20 08:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

You're the one looking desperate.

#20 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-20 09:48 AM | Reply

#18

You are not wrong. ALL of them could and should have done exactly this, ordered the DEA to reclassify it. Biden could have kept his promise by doing exactly this. But instead he slow walked the process, and handed it off to an agency that should not even exist, the DEA should be abolished.

Doesn't mean he's not still a loathsome piece of fascist excrement, doesn't mean it should be schedule 3 instead of being unscheduled entirely, doesn't mean the drug schedules should even exist. But it's a small step in the right direction.

#21 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-12-20 09:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#21 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-12-20 09:54 AM | Reply | Flag:

It should have been done a long time ago. I think Trump went this route because this subject is always dead on arrival in the house. Hopefully the research is done properly and we learn more about the medicinal uses of MJ. I'm also not in agreement with what Texas just did to hemp products. None of it makes sense until you look at who's being paid off.

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-20 10:27 AM | Reply

This is horrible news .... you haven't been to Boulder CO. Every hotel room smelled like weed.

*sigh* America, get'em high to forget the real problems.

#23 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-20 10:36 AM | Reply

It's funny watching liberals look for ways to criticize this. When the very people they voted for wouldn't touch it.
#18 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

its not difficult, though Lumpers seem to be fucking it up, the EO just makes the country one big skanky ashtray.

#24 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-12-20 10:37 AM | Reply

Biden could have signed an EO. Obama could have. Clinton could have.

Lewzer quotes:

"Why Is @BarackObama constantly issuing executive orders that are major power grabs of authority?"

"The country wasn't based on executive orders,"

"Right now, Obama goes around signing executive orders. He can't even get along with the Democrats, and he goes around signing all these executive orders. It's a basic disaster. You can't do it."

#25 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-20 10:43 AM | Reply

"LSD is maybe the safest drug one could possibly do."

The drug itself is not dangerous. Non toxic even. The toxic human taking it is the danger. It's dangerous to the unprepared and to someone who is not mentally stable. Which can lead to impaired judgment, dangerous behavior, self-harm, and long-term mental health problems. And taking it too often can wreck even the best minds. The experience is so intense it's helpful to have a spiritual guide at least until you get used to it.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-20 11:00 AM | Reply

Every policeman and politician should be given LSD in a controlled setting and then have to answer questions.

If a MLB pitcher can pitch a no-hitter on LSD, who knows, maybe it's right to say LSD is a performance enhancing drug.

Article is from 2017
Today is the 47th anniversary of Dock Ellis' acid-fueled no-hitter
www.si.com

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-20 11:04 AM | Reply

the EO just makes the country one big skanky ashtray.

#24 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Don't let the door hit you in the arse in the way out commie spyboy.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-20 11:24 AM | Reply

is an EO all it takes?

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-19 07:15 PM

No, the executive order only makes a request that the DEA and the DOJ start the process to reclassify marijuana as a Class III drug as apposed to its current status as a Class I. It's going to take time and it's also going to take some actions by Congress to make it as effective as many people are asking for, particularly when it comes to the banking aspects of this change, which if we don't get that, there's not much of an advantage to change the legal classification of just the drug.

OCU

#29 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-12-20 12:52 PM | Reply

Does not affect me one way or the other here behind the blue wall in California.

We have no problem standing up to Trumpy and his jack booted thugs. California just chased Trumpy's illegal jack booted thugs back to their barracks.

California successfully challenged the Trump administration in federal court, leading to an order for the National Guard troops federalized and deployed from the state (mainly to LA, Portland, Chicago) to return to Governor Newsom's control, ending unauthorized federal use for immigration enforcement, with a judge ruling the federalization and deployments illegal due to lack of state consent and exceeding presidential authority.

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-20 01:07 PM | Reply