USA Today (8/11, Wire) reports President Trump said during a Monday news conference that his Administration is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug “over the next few weeks.” USA Today notes that “45 states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational use,” but the federal government “still classifies it as a Schedule I drug,” which is “defined as highly dangerous, addictive and without medical use.” Reclassifying marijuana would mark the “biggest change in marijuana policy the federal government has taken since the drug was first outlawed, but it would not make recreational usage legal under federal law.”
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— “Trump says he’s looking at reclassifying marijuana at federal level, “Sarah D. Wire , USA TODAY, August 11, 2025