Weed Stocks Rally After Biden Makes Marijuana Reclassification Announcement

Shares of marijuana growers and cannabis-related companies are trading higher Thursday after President Biden announced that the Department of Justice has moved to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III. 

The Details:

The White House announcement comes several weeks after the Department of Justice confirmed the DEA was moving to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug.

President Biden posted a video on the social media platform X with the following caption: 

“Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach …

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