Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump marijuana order throws lifeline to hemp industry President Trump threw the hemp industry a lifeline with his order to speed up marijuana rescheduling and launch Medicare coverage of CBD, giving more strength... Read more
The Hill - Dec 26
Trump’s executive order is a reasonable next step. Read more
The Boston Globe - Dec 23
President Donald Trump is directing his administration to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III, a move that medical professionals say will lead to larger clinical studies on the medical uses of the drug. Read more
Kxan - Dec 22
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. Read more
Boston Herald - Dec 18
The reclassification from Schedule I to Schedule III could transform cannabis banking while leaving state-legal markets intact. Read more
Mlive - Dec 18
Marketing marijuana as medicine ignores the latest science and creates a loophole for broad legalization, says drug policy expert Kevin Sabet. If cannabis has medical value it should be held to the same rigorous standards as other controlled substances. Read more
New York Post - Dec 18
The change would not legalize the drug on the federal level, but would ease barriers on research using cannabis. Read more
Time - Dec 18
The move could fuel more research and provide tax breaks to cannabis companies. Read more
Politico - Dec 18
The move reclassifies marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to the moves by many states including New York to completely decriminalize weed. Read more
New York Daily News - Dec 18
President Trump weighs in on a debate between hard-liners on marijuana and those who want more research on its medical uses. Read more
Stat - Dec 18
