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(AP<\/strong>) \u2014 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug<\/a> and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. Cannabis would instead be a Schedule III substance, like ketamine and some anabolic steroids.<\/p>

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Reclassification by the Drug Enforcement Administration would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.<\/p>

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The Republican president said he had received a deluge of phone calls supporting the move and its potential to help patients. \u201cWe have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medical marijuana is now allowed by 40 states and Washington, D.C., and many states have also legalized it for recreational use. But U.S. laws have remained stricter, potentially leaving people subject to federal prosecution. <\/p>

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The Justice Department under Trump\u2019s Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, previously\u00a0proposed reclassifying marijuana<\/a>\u00a0to a Schedule III substance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Biden, Trump did not have open encouragement from across his party for the move. Some Republicans have spoken out in opposition to any changes and urged Trump to maintain current standards.<\/p>

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Such a switch typically requires an arduous process, including a public comment period that has drawn tens of thousands of reactions from across the U.S. <\/p>

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The DEA was still in the review process when Trump took office in January. Trump ordered that process to move along as quickly as legally possible, though an exact timeline remained unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polling from Gallup<\/a>\u00a0shows Americans largely back a less restrictive approach: Support for marijuana legalization has grown from just 36% in 2005 to 64% this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet that\u2019s down slightly from a couple of years ago, primarily because of declining support among Republicans, Gallup said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s order also calls for\u00a0expanded research and access to CBD<\/a>, a legal and increasingly popular hemp-derived product whose benefits to treat things like pain, anxiety and sleep issues are debated by experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new Medicare pilot program would allow older adults to access legal hemp-derived CBD at no cost, if recommended by a doctor, said Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the marijuana changes are not universally welcomed. More than 20 Republican senators, several of them staunch Trump allies, signed a letter this year urging the president to keep marijuana a Schedule I drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, the group argued that marijuana continues to be dangerous and that a shift would \u201cundermine your strong efforts to Make America Great Again.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They argued, too, that marijuana negatively affects users\u2019 physical and mental health, as well as road and workplace safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only winners from rescheduling will be bad actors such as Communist China, while Americans will be left paying the bill,\u201d the letter said, referring to China\u2019s place in the cannabis market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the early days of the second Trump administration, the Justice Department showed little interest in discussing marijuana rescheduling, which had encountered strong resistance from inside the DEA under Biden, according to a former U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in an effort to avoid retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has made his crusade against other drugs, especially fentanyl, a feature of his second term, ordering U.S. military attacks<\/a> on Venezuelan and other boats the administration insists are ferrying drugs. He signed another executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Riley, a former deputy administrator of the DEA, backed the focus on the drug war as a national security priority, but said marijuana rescheduling sends a conflicting message.\u201cHe\u2019s blowing up boats in Latin America that he says are full of fentanyl and cocaine but on the other hand loosening the restrictions that will allow wider exposure to a first-level drug,\u201d said Riley, who was in the running to lead the DEA upon Trump\u2019s return to the White House. \u201cThat is clearly a contradiction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opponents like the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana vowed to sue if the reclassification goes through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other end of the spectrum, some pro-marijuana advocates want to see the government go further and treat cannabis more like alcohol. Trump hasn\u2019t committed to bigger steps like decriminalizing marijuana, and said Thursday that he encouraged his own children not to use drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, he said \u201cthe facts compel\u201d the government to recognize that marijuana can have legitimate medical applications. And it has become a part of the health care environment in many states.Currently, 30,000 licensed health care practitioners are authorized to recommend its use for more than 6 million patients for at least 15 medical conditions, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food and Drug Administration has found credible scientific support for its use to treat anorexia-related medical conditions, nausea, vomiting and pain. Older adults, in particular, are using it for chronic pain, which afflicts 1 in 3 from that age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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