Trump Nears Marijuana Reclassification Move

NewsMax ^ | 04/22/2026 | Jim Mishler

[thegagline]

The Trump administration is expected to move soon to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, according to Axios — a step that would ease restrictions on medical research but would not legalize it.

The change also would not automatically affect sentences for people incarcerated on marijuana possession charges.

President Donald Trump signaled impatience with the pace of the effort during an April 18 White House event, saying his administration was slow-walking the rescheduling order and pressing aides to get it done.

Trump's remarks came four months after he directed the Justice Department to move marijuana to Schedule III.

Trump's Dec. 18, 2025, executive order directed the attorney general to take all necessary steps to reclassify marijuana as quickly as possible under the Controlled Substances Act.

Marijuana remains a Schedule I drug under federal law, a category reserved for substances deemed to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. Hemp is treated separately under federal statute.

A move to Schedule III would leave marijuana federally controlled but place it in a less restrictive category used for drugs with accepted medical uses and moderate to low potential for physical dependence.

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KEYWORDS: dope; ganja; letsgetstoned; marijuana; maryjane; pot; potheads; schedule3; weed

[thegagline]

For a point of reference:

Schedule I Heroin
Schedule II fentanyl, Ritalin
Schedule III Tylenol with codeine, testosterone
Schedule IV Xanax, Ambien
Schedule V Lomotil, Robitussin AC

[pburgh01]

Here come the Boomers, well, the Boomer drunks and their moralizing...

[ncalburt]

Here is a DRUG Addicted POT Head wanting to
let Children get POT IN the schools and spread the
mental illness linked to POT ..

[Uncle Miltie]

My town now smells like skunky pot all day most places. There is no getting away from the smelly pollution.

“Mind if I FART?”

[dfwgator]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkj3V-FW6Yw

[ncalburt]

TRUMP Billionaire POT DONORS control the WH.

I did not vote for this nightmare spreading in this country ..

TRUMP will get what he deserves this midterm for this PUSHING POT TO KIDS .

A new LOW for this Billionaire RUN WH.

[Jim W N]

MJ causes psychosis. Period.

The degree of the effect for the psychosis (unreasonable fear) depends on the person.

[chajin]

Personal opinion from someone who never smoked pot/weed, technical teetotaler:

Fentanyl should be Schedule 1, along with ketamine.
THC should be Schedule 2, alongside Ritalin and Vyvanse.

[GSWarrior]

Anti-pot crusaders here never read past the headlines. They are incapable of reflecting on what Trump is actually proposing. Everything is black and white in their world.

[thegagline]

Watching The View or CNN causes psychosis.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Look at how successful the far left commies have been feeding drugs and socialism to their “voters”. Their “voters” automatically check the boxes with “D”s for Drugs. I guess a few psychodelics and Mary Jane Bombers won’t hurt the MAGAS and GAGAS much.

[Bullish]

Why don’t you just get lost if you don’t like it? Maybe head on back to 4chan where little kids like you belong?

[Mariner]

” Billionaire POT DONORS control the WH”

Nobody in the pot business is a billionaire.

[MeanWestTexan]

“TRUMP Billionaire POT DONORS control the WH.”

Who? Name names.

I don’t smoke pot or use any illegal drug, and never have.

I do, however, pay a ton of taxes for a legal system and incarceration that is pissing into the wind trying to keep morons off drugs who go get drugs anyway.

I’m tired of paying to protect morons from themselves.

[dpetty121263]

Might not be Billionaires but for sure Millionaires as Pot will rot the brains of the users.. The Democrats love these kind of voters... Too stoned to care or interested in the truth.

[ncalburt]

LOL

Wanna make a bet .

Morgan and Morgan Lefty Law Firm is just about to be billionaire .They are ones behind the non stop
Referendums on the FL Ballot.

TRUMP Made in 2024 Ads Pushing POT on a referendum that has been
VOTED DOWN Twice already In FL .

Follow the MOney with Donny pushing POt

But His brother died of Alcoholism .

Donny does not mind making money off of addition .

[ncalburt]

I mind the GOD AWFUL SMELL of this dangerous Drug POT .

All of these Billionaires are invested in POT .

John Bonehead the old speaker is there chief spokesman .

BUT Trump pushing POT IN 2024 in FL was a New low and told me he would do anything including pushing this crap in our school yards .

I got a text twice about it and then replied and told Trump what I thought of him peddling addiction .

[Republican Wildcat]

Oh yes, only “moralizers” would have issue with things like this: < / s >

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4128729/posts Mexican Cartel-Style Violence Spreading in California over Marijuana Grow Fields

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4069296/posts Cannabis and the Violent Crime Surge

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4221693/posts REVEALED: Chinese gangs are behind THOUSANDS of illegal weed farms across the US - sparking fears that CCP could become new cannabis kingpins

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4337532/posts Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome: What Is the Illness Sending More Teens to Emergency Room?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359926/posts Deadly Oklahoma weed shootings expose network tied to New York money and China: report

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4334179/posts Cannabis Poisoning of Kids is What Happens When You Legalize Drugs

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4240199/posts ‘I really thought I was going to prison’: Woman who killed man during marijuana-induced psychosis speaks out

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4223571/posts Daily Weed Smokers 25% More Likely to Have Heart Attack, 42% Higher Stroke Risk: AHA

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4183112/posts Health effects of weed laid bare: Marijuana is behind 3 in 10 schizophrenia cases, can be a death sentence in pregnant users, but Biden STILL wants to ease restrictions on the drug

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4122354/posts Cannabis-related emergency room visits on the rise among older adults in California: study

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4032377/posts What a drag: Older pot smokers trigger surge in demand for mental-health services

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4070560/posts Cases of Cannabis-Induced Psychosis Rise. Lawmakers Want to Add Mental Health Warnings to Pot Products

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3739774/posts Marijuana and psychosis: Real data, real bad

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4368992/posts Link Between Cannabis and Anxiety, Depression Has ‘Strengthened Over Time’: New Study

[Republican Wildcat]

“I do, however, pay a ton of taxes for a legal system and incarceration that is pissing into the wind trying to keep morons off drugs who go get drugs anyway. I’m tired of paying to protect morons from themselves.”

If these people only harmed themselves and drug use didn’t increase with legalization, you would have a point. But neither of those things is even close to being true. It affects everyone they will be around and drug use and its consequences has skyrocketed where it has been legalized. You are just flat out wrong...and you are paying for it both monetarily through strained healthcare resources, higher insurance premiums both for healthcare and car insurance, and otherwise. That is reality.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4128729/posts Mexican Cartel-Style Violence Spreading in California over Marijuana Grow Fields

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4069296/posts Cannabis and the Violent Crime Surge

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4221693/posts REVEALED: Chinese gangs are behind THOUSANDS of illegal weed farms across the US - sparking fears that CCP could become new cannabis kingpins

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4337532/posts Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome: What Is the Illness Sending More Teens to Emergency Room?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4359926/posts Deadly Oklahoma weed shootings expose network tied to New York money and China: report

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4334179/posts Cannabis Poisoning of Kids is What Happens When You Legalize Drugs

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4240199/posts ‘I really thought I was going to prison’: Woman who killed man during marijuana-induced psychosis speaks out

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4223571/posts Daily Weed Smokers 25% More Likely to Have Heart Attack, 42% Higher Stroke Risk: AHA

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4183112/posts Health effects of weed laid bare: Marijuana is behind 3 in 10 schizophrenia cases, can be a death sentence in pregnant users, but Biden STILL wants to ease restrictions on the drug

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4122354/posts Cannabis-related emergency room visits on the rise among older adults in California: study

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4032377/posts What a drag: Older pot smokers trigger surge in demand for mental-health services

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4070560/posts Cases of Cannabis-Induced Psychosis Rise. Lawmakers Want to Add Mental Health Warnings to Pot Products

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3739774/posts Marijuana and psychosis: Real data, real bad

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4368992/posts Link Between Cannabis and Anxiety, Depression Has ‘Strengthened Over Time’: New Study

[algore]

The govt should not regulate natural plants at all.

Genesis 1:29 (KJV) “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed”