US President Trump Signals Major Move To Reclassify Marijuana
December 18, 2025
5:35 pm
U.S. President considers executive order to shift cannabis to Schedule III, potentially easing restrictions, boosting research, and opening investment opportunities.
President Donald Trump said Monday December 15, 2025, that he is “looking very strongly” at an executive order to reclassify marijuana, a move that could dramatically reshape the U.S. cannabis industry, reduce criminal penalties, and unlock federal research funding long blocked by current restrictions.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump described the potential change as a step toward enabling “tremendous amounts of research that can’t be done unless you reclassify.” Under the current U.S. Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is classified
