The executive order is a significant change that does not federally legalize cannabis but lowers the barriers for research and medical use.

The order moves marijuana from Schedule I to the less restrictive Schedule III, grouping it with controlled medical substances like ketamine, steroids and some opioids.

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, a move experts say would open new financial and research opportunities for the drug.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Trump's executive order may help break the stigma associated with cannabis use and allow researchers to collect meaningful data on the drug, Johnson added. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered federal agencies to quickly ease restrictions on marijuana and make CBD more available, the latest indicator of how the once-taboo drugs have increasingly become part of America’s mainstream.

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