Trump knows the dangers of addiction he must reject Big Weeds push to reclassify marijuana

You know it’s a bad idea if Joe Biden was for it.That’s the case with the mad push for marijuana reform, which Biden promised in a cynical grab for young voters in his State of the Union address last year. But now President Trump is reported to be open to fulfilling Biden’s promise to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous Schedule III drug, which would benefit the $33 billion industry by giving them tax deductions and expanding their market. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump told donors he was considering the “de-scheduling” of marijuana at a $1 million-a-plate fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey this month that was attended by Kim Rivers, the chief executive of one of the largest marijuana companies, Trulieve. Trulieve and its ilk pretend that marijuana reforms are for altruistic medical reasons rather than about growing their profits. Medical marijuana was the bait-and-switch trap when states started legalizing pot more than a decade ago. Now recreational use has exploded to the point where it has overtaken alcohol, and there’s still no sound science on the benefits of medical marijuana. The president confirmed last week to reporters at the White House that his administration is “looking at reclassification” and intends to make a decision soon. “Some people like it.

Some people hate it,” he said.“Some people hate the whole concept of marijuana because if it does bad for the children, it does bad for people that are older than children. “It’s a very complicated subject base,” he said.

“I’ve heard great things having to do with medical and bad things having to do with just about everything else.” Trump is a teetotaler. He credits his late older brother Fred Trump Jr., with his decision not to drink or take drugs.Fred struggled with alcoholism, and died in 1981, aged 42, as a consequence of his disease. “He was a very handsome guy,” Trump told me on “Pod Force One.” “He had an unb...