A House Appropriations subcommittee has advanced a spending bill that would block federal funding from being used to reschedule marijuana or remove it from the Controlled Substances Act, even as the Trump administration moves forward with implementing rescheduling. The provision passed on a party-line vote and now heads to the full committee.
The Department of Justice recently announced steps toward placing state-licensed medical cannabis products in Schedule III and considering broader rescheduling, but the congressional language could halt that process if enacted into law. The bill also maintains protections for state medical marijuana programs and hemp research, while broader drug policy debates continue in Congress.
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Original article written by . Published on April 30, 2026 by Marijuana Moment.
