Trump’s Cannabis Charade: Why Schedule III is a Trojan Horse for Big Pharma

Schedule III isn’t cannabis reform – it’s cannabis corporate welfare disguised as progress. While Bob Barr and other establishment conservatives promote this “compromise” as sensible policy, they’re either ignorant of the implications or deliberately misleading the public about what Schedule III actually accomplishes. The only rational approach to cannabis policy is complete removal from the Controlled Substances Act, treating cannabis like alcohol and allowing free market competition instead of government-sanctioned monopolies.