For years, many in the medical and public health communities have anxiously awaited the long-overdue federal Controlled Substances Act reclassification of marijuana to characterize it more accurately.

Mike Tyson is grateful that Donald Trump softened the United States’ stance on marijuana. On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order that rescheduled marijuana to a Schedule 3 controlled substance.

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 ...

For years, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substance Act. Heroin, LSD, peyote, and quaaludes are other drugs that fall under the Schedule I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18 to federally classify marijuana as a less dangerous ...

President Donald Trump confirmed earlier this week that he is weighing rescheduling marijuana—that is, moving the drug to a less-restrictive classification under federal law. State-legal marijuana ...

Marijuana products remain federally illegal until approved by the FDA, and only three cannabis-based drugs have received such approval to date. Most marijuana-related criminal charges and penalties ...

Investors sent marijuana stocks higher Monday with the Trump administration discussing the possibility of reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug and an announcement possible in the coming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marijuana will remain on the government’s list of most highly regulated and dangerous drugs, the Obama administration says, despite growing popular support for the widespread ...

Jacob Sullum, a senior editor at Reason magazine, is the author of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books). Follow him on X: ...

CHICAGO — A renewed federal push to relax restrictions on marijuana likely will mean bigger profits for cannabis companies and more research into the effects of the plant, industry participants say.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18 to federally classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, the biggest change for the drug since 1970 and an opportunity for ...