Government funding fight endangers Trump’s marijuana rescheduling push

Published September 29, 2025 5:00am ET



President Donald Trump’s push to avoid a government shutdown might produce an unexpected casualty: his administration’s pursuit of a possible rescheduling of marijuana. 

Trump announced in early August that he had directed his administration to continue efforts launched by former President Joe Biden to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance.

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