Marijuana Rescheduling 2026: What It Means for You
Seniors are among the heaviest users of CBD products for pain — and President Trump asked Congress this week to make those products easier for them to get. Image: TechPulse USA Published September 20, 2026 · By Daniel Rao On Thursday afternoon, in an Oval Office ceremony flanked by his health secretary and the head of Medicare, President Donald Trump signed the executive order cannabis advocates have chased for a decade — while insisting, on the record, that it is not legalization . The order tells Attorney General Pam Bondi to finish moving marijuana out of Schedule I — the federal government's most restrictive category, where cannabis has sat beside heroin and LSD since the 1970s — and into Schedule III . The rescheduling process began under President Biden, stalled at the Drug Enforcement Administration, and drew tens of thousands of public comments . "We have people begging for me to do this," Trump said at the signing. "People that are in great pain." H...