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Rescheduling and research actions directed

Move marijuana rescheduling through the rulemaking queue

The presidential instruction is not the final scheduling rule.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Justice Department / Health and Human Services
Status
Rescheduling and research actions directed
Due
Statutory rulemaking and research procedures
Paying for it
Federal drug regulation and medical research

Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.

ACTIVITY

Record date
EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Justice received the rulemaking instruction.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

Look at the MEDICAL part, do the Research!

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Research teams requested evidence rather than a conclusion from the headline.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

People tell me it helps, other People have Questions, very reasonable to do some Looking..... not a forty-year Meeting about whether Looking is allowed.

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

The scheduling change still needs the scheduling process.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

I'm not smoking anything, I'm doing the DECIDING.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Use the final rule's effective date when describing the legal change.

PUBLIC RECORD

Executive Order 14370, signed December 18, 2025: Directed the attorney general to take steps to complete marijuana rescheduling to Schedule III through the lawful rulemaking process and directed further work concerning medical marijuana and cannabidiol research. The order did not itself finalize rescheduling.

Federal Register · Executive Order 14370 · 2025-12-23 ↗