Cannabis is still Schedule I today.
Despite the headlines, talking points, and wishful thinking, nothing has legally changed under the Controlled Substances Act. Trump did not Reschedule Cannabis. What occurred was a recommendation and the start of an administrative process not a final action.
Here’s where things actually stand:
HHS completed its review and sent a recommendation to the DEA.
Public comments were submitted and closed.
Trump's EO & Press statements were made.
But the critical step the DEA administrative hearing has not happened.
That hearing was effectively paused at the end of 2024 and pushed into early 2025, and as of today there has been no scheduled hearing, no completed evidentiary record, and no final rule issued by the DEA. Without that process, the DEA cannot lawfully change cannabis’s schedule.
And most importantly: there is no final rule published in the Federal Register.
Until the DEA completes the administrative hearing, weighs the evidence, issues a final ruling, and publishes it in the Federal Register, cannabis remains Schedule I, period. Recommendations do not move schedules. Announcements do not change the law. Repeating “Schedule 3” does not make it real.
If it’s not in the Federal Register, it didn’t happen.
Descheduling not spin, not half-measures, not premature victory laps is the only path to real freedom, real reform, and real justice.
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