Marijuana Moment: Someone In The Trump Administration Is ‘Holding Up’ Marijuana Rescheduling, Advisor To President Says

2026-04-09T16:31:37Z

Someone in the Trump administration is “holding up” the completion of a marijuana rescheduling proposal, according to a longtime advisor to the president.

It’s been more than three months since President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to finalize a rule to move cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to Schedule III “in the most expeditious manner”—but that hasn’t happened.

Now, GOP operative Roger Stone is calling out the inaction.

“Who is holding up President Trump’s order to reschedule marijuana?” he said in a social media post on Thursday.

Who is holding up President Trump's order to reschedule marijuana?

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) April 9, 2026

In a follow-up phone interview, Stone told Marijuana Moment that it’s “vitally important to get this done before the next election,” citing the significance of the cannabis issue to younger and libertarian-leaning voters that his party needs to win over and turn out in order to maintain a congressional majority.

Also on Thursday, Washington Examiner reporter Kaelan Deese asked around about Stone’s post and said that “both the White House and the DOJ tell me they’re working on this but have offered no timeline.”

“A DOJ spokesperson said this morning the department ‘is working to implement the President’s executive order on rescheduling, and that work will continue,'” he said.

Both the White House and the DOJ tell me they're working on this but have offered no timeline.

A DOJ spokesperson said this morning the department "is working to implement the President’s executive order on rescheduling, and that work will continue." https://t.co/kVt4QHbVg1

— Kaelan Deese (@KaelanDC) April 9, 2026

Trump last week fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who opposed marijuana reform in Florida when she was that state’s attorney general, although there is no indication that cannabis was at the center of the president’s frustration with her performance in his administration.

Todd Blanche, who previously served as Trump’s personal attorney and as deputy attorney general, is serving as acting attorney general until Bondi’s replacement is confirmed for the position.

During his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation process, Blanche said in response to a written question about marijuana rescheduling that he would “give the matter careful consideration after conferring with all relevant stakeholders, including [Drug Enforcement Administration] personnel.”

When asked about aligning federal and state marijuana laws, he said that “coordination between federal and state authorities is critically important” but that he had “not had the opportunity to study this particular issue.”

“If confirmed, I will consult with the necessary stakeholders and give this matter careful consideration,” he said.

Stone, for his part, argued in an op-ed for Marijuana Moment last year that if Trump ends up rescheduling cannabis, “he won’t just be adjusting federal drug policy—he will be correcting one of the greatest disconnects in American political life.”

“He will be bringing Washington in line with the American people,” Stone wrote.

He separately suggested on his radio show that Trump can outdo Democrats on marijuana by enacting reforms that they failed to achieve when they controlled the White House and Congress.

Stone also said last year that the president effectively “forced” by Republican lawmakers to sign a spending bill that included a ban on hemp products containing THC.

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