President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered federal agencies to quickly ease restrictions on marijuana and make CBD more available, the latest indicator of how the once-taboo drugs have increasingly become part of America’s mainstream.
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Thursday’s move is poised to deliver significant tax relief to cannabis companies that have long been locked out of write-offs available to businesses that deal with legal products. It’s led in recent years to a stark contraction in the industry as businesses consolidated in a desperate search for cash, said Frank A. Segall, chair of the cannabis practice at law firm Blank Rome.
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"Trump Orders Expanded Access to Marijuana, CBD, Citing Medical Benefits," by Dan Diamond, David Ovalle, and Jacob Bogage was published in The Washington Post on December 18, 2025.
