Trump Makes Blunt Remarks on Conservative Opposition to Weed

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/18/trump-reclassifies-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug/

Heritage foundation scholar Paul Larkin said the order increases the likelihood that more people will use marijuana.

“The real beneficiaries of today’s rescheduling decision are not Americans or patients suffering from pain, but the Chinese transnational criminal organizations, which control 75% of the illegal marijuana industry,” he said. “This means America’s enemy, the Chinese Communist Party, benefits as well.”