Trump’s potential change in federal marijuana policy would likely not impact Idaho

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Trump considering reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III

Change could ease research and reduce taxes for cannabis businesses

Idaho lawmakers pushing to block citizen-led marijuana legalization

Reclassification unlikely to alter Idaho’s strict marijuana laws

President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states.

Trump said Monday that he hopes to decide in the coming weeks about whether to support changes to the way marijuana is regulated. The renewed focus on marijuana comes more than a year after former President Joe Biden’s administration formally proposed reclassifying marijua