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President Trump signed an executive order in 2025 directing cannabis to be rescheduled as a less dangerous drug—but a hemp ...

A view of a marijuana plant in San Anselmo, California, on August 11, 2025. Reporter President Donald Trump has ordered federal restrictions on marijuana to be loosened. The executive order, signed ...

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research.

President Donald Trump on Thursday revived long-awaited efforts to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, a move that was received with a mix of cautious optimism and tepidness by lawyers in the space ...