Drug policy expert Kevin Sabet criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to move marijuana from Schedule III to Schedule I on Newsmax Thursday, calling the action a dangerous signal on drug use that ignores addiction risks and undermines public health.
Sabet, a longtime critic of marijuana legalization and the author of “One Nation Under the Influence: America’s Drug Habit and How We Can Overcome It,” said Trump made a “really bad decision.”
Sabet appeared on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” and reacted to Trump’s executive order instructing the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to expedite the reclassification process and expand federal research tied to marijuana and cannabidiol.
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