Blanche Moves Medical Weed to Schedule Three

0:00It's April 23rd. Welcome in. This is U.S. News Today, where America meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch just signed an order moving state licensed medical marijuana from schedule 1 to schedule 3, calling it A. Big win for patients and research. This doesn't make weed legal federally, but it cuts red tape, lets companies deduct business expenses on taxes for the first time, and opens doors for. Just to study it without penalties. Earlier this week, Blanch said it's fulfilling President Trump's pledge to boost medical options. Now, operators in those 40 states with medical programs can fast track registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration basically giving up not to what most states already do. Folks have mixed-takes advocates cheer the shift from treating cannabis like heroin since the 1937 Tax Act, while some Republicans push back hard against any loosening. Still, with two dozen states plus D.C., okaying recreational

1:02use, this feels like the feds catching up to reality. Only state-approved medical marijuana gets this upgrade. Anything else, like recreational or unlicensed stuff, stays in the super-strict schedule 1. The administration skipped the long-biden error review by using a treaty loophole and they're kicking off hearings in June to eye broader changes. This can mean better info for doctors, safer products for patients, and attacks windfall for legit businesses all while Trump ramps up the fight. Against fentanyl and other hard drugs. Change is rolling, one schedule at a time.