Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order [View all]
Source: Washington Post
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 p.m. EST
President Donald Trump is expected to push the government to dramatically loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, reducing oversight of the plant and its derivatives to the same level as some common prescription painkillers and other drugs, according to six people familiar with the discussions.
Trump discussed the plan with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in a Wednesday phone call from the Oval Office, said four of the people, who, like the others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The president is expected to seek to ease access to the drug through an upcoming executive order that directs federal agencies to pursue reclassification, the people said.
The move would not legalize or decriminalize marijuana, but it would ease barriers to research and boost the bottom lines of legal businesses. Trump in August said he was “looking at reclassification.” The Biden administration also looked into rescheduling cannabis.
“We’re looking at it. Some people like it, some people hate it,” Trump said this summer. “Some people hate the whole concept of marijuana because it does bad for the children, it does bad for the people that are older than children.”
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