Goodbye war on drugs? Donald Trump tells feds to go easy on marijuana users - and there is a financial angle

Dec 19, 2025 - 05:00
Goodbye war on drugs? Donald Trump tells feds to go easy on marijuana users - and there is a financial angle
There is also a financial angle. Cannabis companies have long been denied standard tax deductions because the federal government technically treats them as drug traffickers. Reclassification would allow them to deduct business expenses, offering major relief to an industry that is legal in many states but punished at the federal level.