Marijuana has been reclassified from schedule 1 to schedule 3

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The amount of people reeking of weed and smoking in public is just out of control.

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An executive order cannot directly reschedule a drug, as the authority to do so formally rests with the Attorney General and is typically delegated to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
The President does not have unilateral power to change a drug's classification through an executive order alone, since the CSA does not grant the President a direct role in drug scheduling, and such actions must be authorized by Congress or the Constitution.

However, the President can use an executive order to direct federal agencies like the DEA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate the administrative process for rescheduling.
This process involves a scientific and medical evaluation, followed by a formal rulemaking procedure that includes public notice and comment, and ultimately a final rule published in the Federal Register.
While the President cannot force a rescheduling decision, they can influence it by directing agency action and appointing officials who support such a move.

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I'm currently looking for the text of the EO, but can someone explain to me how this is possible? Congress sets the schedules by statute. I can't conceive of how he could change that via EO. And I say that as someone who thinks this is a good thing.

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