Reclassifying weed….second reason to support a Trump policy

 Reclassifying weed….second reason to support a Trump policy

In 5 years I’ve only supported one Trump initiative. That was his so far failed effort to end the deranged US/NATO proxy war to weaken, isolate Russia simply destroying Ukraine.

But I’m fully on board his latest Executive Order to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III. Schedule I is rightly reserved to for truly addictive drugs with high abuse potential and no medical benefits such as heroin. Schedule III puts cannabis in the class of drugs with a moderate to low potential for physical dependence (but high potential for psychological dependence) with accepted medical uses.

But the slow moving federal government delayed reclassification of cannabis for 55 years under 10 presidents till Trump grabbed his Executive Order pen and wiped away that insanity.

Benefits will be immediate and substantial. It will reduce the tax burden on cannabis businesses, up to a billion annually. It will attract more investors, allow use of credit cards for transactions and increase medical research into the health benefits of THC.

Back in 2023 both the DEA and HHS recommended cannabis be reclassified to its now more appropriate Schedule III classification. But poor Joe Biden whiffed on a chance to improve society while shoring up political support.

Trump’s wise move proves once again that even the most destructive of presidents, degrading democracy at home and killing hundreds of thousands in foreign wars, including genocide, can occasionally do something worthwhile that benefits society.