Trump Was ‘Poorly Advised’ On Marijuana Rescheduling, GOP Senator Says After Directly Raising Concerns With President

A GOP senator says President Donald Trump was “poorly advised” on marijuana rescheduling—and while he’s raised the issue with the president directly, the two ultimately “disagreed” on the issue.

Asked about the Trump administration’s position that moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) would promote research into the plant, Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) told Marijuana Moment on Thursday that “that’s a misnomer,” and “you don’t need to change the scheduling in order to do the testing.”

Budd—who led a letter joined by more than 20 other Republican senators in December that had urged Trump to reject the marijuana rescheduling proposal—also argued that the reform is “not good for the workforce” or “economic growth,” despite the fact that simply rescheduling cannabis would not federally legalize it.

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